St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Sale, Trafford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Trafford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Sale, Trafford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's CofE 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 0.071 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | 3.4395927 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 2 of the 5 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 12th highest of 58 Trafford primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Trafford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Mary's Road, Sale, M33 6SA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 239 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils told inspectors that ‘everyone is welcome at this school’.”
- “Warm and friendly relationships underpin this caring learning community.”
- “They look forward to breaktimes with their friends.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders are not as clear about the specific key knowledge that pupils should acquire and the most important concepts that they should learn and understand.”
- “Therefore, teachers do not always teach new subject content that builds on what pupils already know.”
- “As a result, in these subjects, pupils are not able to apply what they know as confidently and independently as they do in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2023 (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) | 79% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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 Trafford.
- Park Road Sale Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wellfield Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Wellfield Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Springfield Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brooklands Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodheys Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published