St Paul's CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Salford·M7 3PT
Composite score
53.7
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#5,928
National rank
#790
In North West
#23
In Salford
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
34
any preference, for 22 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6820220.7920230.8020240.9520250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Paul's CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
200
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
42.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,730
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Salford, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 200 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Paul's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. St Paul's CofE Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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