Lark Hill Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Lark Hill Community Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (community school). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Lark Hill 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 | 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
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 59 first-choice applications for 79 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer and the 4th lowest of 73 Salford primary schools.
- In 2026 every first-choice family was offered a Reception place, and 20 offers went to families ranking it second or lower; places ran out in 2 of 11 earlier years.
- Of its pupils, 54.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 44.8% across 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
- Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4BJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 629 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school, where they feel safe and cared for.”
- “Disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have their needs accurately identified.”
- “Staff provide effective help for those who require emotional or pastoral support.”
To improve
- “They enjoy their learning, but some do not achieve as well as they should, including in the early years.”
- “This is because variability in teaching prevents them from securing a deep understanding of key knowledge.”
- “This variability extends to the teaching of personal, social and health education so pupils are not as well prepared for secondary school as they could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 55% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 79 offers in total, 59 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.
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published