Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School
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 🔒
Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Fiddlers Lane Community 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
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 13 offers, against a published admission number of 30 places; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 14.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- 53.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34.6% 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
- Fiddlers Lane, Irlam, Salford, M44 6QE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 142 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 59% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 12 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 Joseph the Worker RC Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moss Valley Primary Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Irlam Endowed Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Irlam Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cadishead Primary Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barton Moss Community Primary School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published