Dukesgate Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Dukesgate Academy is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 June 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Dukesgate Academy 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 for 2026, as at 48 of the 74 other Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 11 earlier Reception years, so 2026 was not the usual pattern.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford that have results), the 2024/25 reading, writing and maths share was 3rd highest.
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
- Earlesdon Crescent, Little Hulton, Salford, M38 9HF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 227 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Dukesgate Academy.”
- “They value the warm and caring relationships that they have with staff and with each other.”
- “Most pupils behave well and listen to their teachers.”
To improve
- “A very small number of pupils said that they have been bullied in the past.”
- “The 2023 published data shows that by the end of Year 6, pupils’ progress in reading, writing and mathematics was significantly below that of their peers nationally.”
- “However, some of the changes are fairly new.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 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) | 76% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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 Paul's Peel CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wharton Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Peel Hall Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published