St Edmund's RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, 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 🔒
St Edmund's RC Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Edmund's 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 | 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 7 of the 11 earlier years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 38 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 25.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.7 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
- Queen Street, Little Hulton, Manchester, M38 0WH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 339 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 December 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this warm and welcoming school.”
- “They feel safe, happy and part of a thriving community.”
- “Pupils describe their school as a family, where everyone is valued and looked after by staff and pupils alike.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ progress in recent years has been more variable.”
- “However, some pupils did not consistently make the progress that they could in writing and mathematics over these years.”
- “However, there is still a gap in the attainment of middle prior attainers in the published data.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 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) | 66% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 38 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 Andrew's Methodist Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dukesgate Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Peel Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published