Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre is a primary school in Salford for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2022. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre 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 | 🔒 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as was also the case at 48 of the 74 other Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 5 of the 11 earlier Reception years, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 75 first-choice applications for 87 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 74% 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
- Phoebe Street, Ordsall, Salford, M5 3PJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 511 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this primary school at the heart of the community.”
- “They politely welcome visitors to their school.”
- “This helps to start the day positively.”
To improve
- “Over time, some pupils have not attended school as regularly as they should.”
- “This means they miss out on both learning and other opportunities that the school offers.”
- “Too many pupils have not attained the expected standard in the reading tests at the end of key stage 2 or in the Year 1 phonics test.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 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) | 74% | 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: 75 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 75 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.
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Friars Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published