James Brindley Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.339 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
James Brindley Community Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 19 March 2025. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
James Brindley 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 | 0.339 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, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 21 first-choice families (41%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.339 miles away, the 5th shortest of the 26 Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- 9.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, with 26.9 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 26.1% and 19.8 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
- Parr Fold Avenue, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, M28 7HE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 239 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 19 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils leave James Brindley with the academic achievement, self-belief and confidence that they need to succeed at their next stage.”
- “‘At this school we don’t think we can do it, we know we can do it’, was a typical comment from a pupil.”
- “Staff have high expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2025 (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) | 82% | 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: 51 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Ellenbrook Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Mesne Lea Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ The King RC Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Andrew's Methodist Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hilton Lane Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund's RC Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published