St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.299 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School 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 | 1.299 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 child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.299 miles away, the 3rd longest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.53 miles).
- The 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2015, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 11 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 66 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest 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
- Hadfield Street, Higher Broughton, Salford, M7 4XG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 503 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils in key stages 1 and 2 at St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School achieve exceptionally well.”
- “Children in the early years also achieve well at this school.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour is impeccable.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, they miss out on interacting with their peers.”
- “For some children, this hinders the depth of their learning and development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (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) | 83% | 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: 66 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Marlborough Road Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Brentnall Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Boniface RC Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River View Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lower Kersal Community Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's RC Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published