Marlborough Road Academy
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Marlborough Road Academy is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Marlborough Road 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 48 of the 74 other Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 11 earlier Reception years, and the distance swung sharply between some years.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- For Reception 2026, 11 of the 34 applications (32%) came from families living outside Salford, and 5 offers went to them.
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
- Dudley Street, Salford, M7 4XD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 70.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thoroughly enjoy coming to this school, where they feel happy and safe.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning and socialising with their friends.”
- “They are very proud to be members of Marlborough Road Academy.”
To improve
- “At the end of Year 6 in 2022, some pupils did not achieve well in public examinations in some subjects.”
- “That said, in a few areas, pupils are not learning all that they could.”
- “This is because some teachers do not provide sufficient opportunities for pupils to revisit and consolidate their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 2023 (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) | 45% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 19 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 Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brentnall Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Boniface RC Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River View Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Friars Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Lower Kersal Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published