Holy Family VA RC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.049 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Family VA RC Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Holy Family VA 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 | 0.049 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 was 0.049 miles, the 2nd shortest of the 26 Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.53 miles).
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply over the years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 12 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 46 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families, and 16 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% 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
- No 3 Lower Seedley Road, Salford, M6 5WX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 238 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are welcomed warmly as they arrive at school each morning by staff who know them well.”
- “They feel proud to be part of Holy Family and know that they are well cared for.”
- “They are supported to settle quickly by staff which helps pupils to feel at home and ready to learn.”
To improve
- “During this academic year, the school has experienced turbulence in staffing.”
- “At times, this information is not always used to ensure that new learning builds securely on what pupils already know and understand.”
- “Staffing changes have further affected this, as some staff, on occasion, do not know pupils as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 2025 (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) | 52% | 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, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Willow Tree Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St George's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Sebastian's RC Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Summerville Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre 1.0 mi Good Last distance published