St Augustine's CofE Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Manchester, Salford·M27 8UX
Composite score
45.6
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#8,922
National rank
#1278
In North West
#42
In Salford
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.77
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.8520231.1720240.7720250.772026

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

Every child who put St Augustine'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
197
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,738
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Augustine's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Manchester, Salford, St Augustine's CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 197 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Augustine's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 17 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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