St Edmund's RC Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Manchester, Salford·M38 0WH
Composite score
53.4
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#6,040
National rank
#808
In North West
#24
In Salford
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 09/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 40 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0220220.9820231.0020241.0220250.952026

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

Every child who put St Edmund's RC 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
352
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
27.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,816
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Edmund's RC Primary School is a primary school serving Manchester, Salford, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 352 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Edmund's RC Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 40 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% 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. St Edmund's RC 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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