St Luke's CofE 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 🔒
St Luke's CofE 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.
St Luke'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 | 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
- Places ran out in 3 of the 11 earlier years with a published outcome, but in 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 58 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, the 11th lowest of 73 Salford primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 22.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford.
- The school has 22.7 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Salford is 19.1.
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
- Weaste Lane, St. Lukes C of E Primary School, Salford, M5 5JH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 437 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 50 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 50 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.
- Willow Tree Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Light Oaks Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Light Oaks Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Summerville Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke's RC Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lark Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published