Lark Hill Community Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Salford, Salford
M5 4BJ
Composite score
36.9

Lark Hill Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Salford, Salford, Lark Hill Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 634 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in February 2026. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 1% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 54% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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 further down the page.

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#11,925
National rank
#1778
In North West
#57
In Salford
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
1%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 10/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

School profile

Pupils on roll 634 % FSM ever-6 54.1% % EAL 44.2% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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