Ellenbrook Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.514 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ellenbrook Community Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Ellenbrook Community 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 | 1.514 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 2026 Reception last distance offered, 1.514 miles, was the 2nd longest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 0.53 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 9 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 46 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 44 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Longwall Avenue, Ellenbrook, Worsley, Manchester, M28 7PS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 439 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Ellenbrook Primary School is a happy school where everyone feels welcome.”
- “Pupils are valued for their individuality.”
- “They celebrate diversity and show respect for the differences between people.”
To improve
- “However, in a couple of subjects, teachers do not teach all the important information that the school wants pupils to learn.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils do not have the knowledge that they need to access new learning.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, teachers do not address pupils’ misconceptions or gaps in learning swiftly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 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) | 73% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 44 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.
- James Brindley Community Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Boothstown Methodist Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mesne Lea Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ The King RC Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published