St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.814 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's CofE 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 | 0.814 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
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.814 miles, 7th longest of 26 Salford primary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 0.53 miles.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 4 of the 12 years with a published outcome, and the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2015.
- 61.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford is 43.9%.
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
- Cross Lane, Salford, M5 4AL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ positive attitudes to school help to ensure that St Paul’s is a friendly, welcoming place where individual differences are valued.”
- “Pupils maintain strong relationships with staff and with each other.”
- “They behave well and they are respectful to others.”
To improve
- “In 2022 and 2023, the attainment of pupils at the end of key stage 1 for reading, writing and mathematics was low compared with other schools nationally.”
- “However, there are a small number of pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who have not caught up quickly enough in reading and mathematics.”
- “The gaps that these pupils have in their prior learning mean that they are not able to build on new learning securely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 61% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 26 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.
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's RC Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willow Tree Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Friars Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published