Wharton 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 🔒
Wharton 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.
Wharton 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, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026; places ran out in 2 of the 11 earlier years, with the sharpest swing from 2015 to 2016.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 34 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 56.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 48.6% 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
- Rothwell Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, Salford, M38 9XA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 378 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.1% of pupils eligible
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) | 62% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 34 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 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dukesgate Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Peel Hall Primary School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Walkden Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published