Moss Valley Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Moss Valley Primary Academy is a primary school in Salford for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Moss Valley Primary 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 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 48 of the 74 other Salford primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Although every applicant was offered a place in 2026, places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 11 earlier Reception years.
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Cutnook Lane, Irlam, Salford, M44 6GX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 183 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 65.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and well cared for at this friendly, inclusive school.”
- “They embody their school’s values to be respectful, hard-working, resilient and independent.”
- “They are courteous towards adults and supportive of one another.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, pupils do not have the opportunity to practise and apply their new learning.”
- “This hinders some pupils from being challenged and learning new skills as well as they should.”
- “However, pupils’ understanding of fundamental British values and the protected characteristics is underdeveloped.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 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) | 29% | 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, 19 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 Joseph the Worker RC Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Irlam Endowed Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Irlam Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cadishead Primary Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barton Moss Community Primary School 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published