The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.281 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2022. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.281 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception place in 2026 went to a child living 0.281 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 35 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 6 of the 12 years with a published outcome, and the last distance has swung sharply, most from 2017 to 2018.
- In 2024/25, 10% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Salford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mount Street, Salford, M3 6LU
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are happy and safe.”
- “They are welcomed to school each day by staff who know them well.”
- “Pupils have positive relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “That said, pupils’ writing skills are underdeveloped.”
- “This means that pupils have not always been as well prepared as they should be for the next stage of their learning.”
- “However, on occasion, teachers do not identify where pupils have gaps in their learning, particularly in relation to letter formation.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 10% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Salford.
- The Friars Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- River View Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Boniface RC Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published