North West
Primary schools in Salford
124 schools, 42,502 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.2.
Ofsted across Salford
Good46
Outstanding7
Requires improvement4
Inadequate2
No overall grade65
59 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 65 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Primary schools in Salford
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wardley CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No grade | 89% |
| Christ The King RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No grade | 89% |
| Broadoak Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 88% |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 84% |
| St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 83% |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | Outstanding 2023 | 83% |
| Bridgewater Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 82% |
| James Brindley Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | 82% |
| St Andrew's Methodist Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 77% |
| St Philip's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | Outstanding 2023 | 77% |
| Monton Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Salford | Good 2023 | 76% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No grade | 76% |
| Dukesgate AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Salford | Good 2024 | 76% |
| Brentnall AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Salford | Inadequate 2022 | 75% |
| Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's CentreCommunity school | Salford | Good 2022 | 74% |
| Ellenbrook Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 73% |
| Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Salford | Good 2022 | 72% |
| St Mary's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No grade | 71% |
| Irlam Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 71% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Salford | Good 2022 | 70% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No grade | 69% |
| St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 69% |
| St Gilbert's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No grade | 68% |
| St Charles' RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 68% |
| St Mary's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 67% |
| St Boniface RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | No grade | 67% |
| Lewis Street Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 66% |
| Beech Street Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 66% |
| Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 66% |
| St Edmund's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No grade | 66% |
| St John's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 64% |
| Barton Moss Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | 64% |
| St Paul's Peel CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No grade | 63% |
| St Augustine's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No grade | 63% |
| Grosvenor Road Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | 63% |
| Willow Tree Primary SchoolCommunity school | Salford | No grade | 62% |
| Wharton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Salford | No grade | 62% |
| Mossfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 61% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Salford | Good 2024 | 61% |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 59% |
| Fiddlers Lane Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Salford | Requires improvement 2022 | 59% |
| Light Oaks Junior SchoolCommunity school | Salford | No grade | 57% |
| St Mark's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 57% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 56% |
| Mesne Lea Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | 56% |
| Lark Hill Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Salford | No grade | 55% |
| Peel Hall Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Requires improvement 2024 | 54% |
| St Joseph the Worker RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | Good 2022 | 54% |
| Lower Kersal Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Salford | Good 2023 | 53% |
| St Sebastian's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | Good 2024 | 52% |
| Holy Family VA RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | No grade | 52% |
| Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 51% |
| St Luke's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | Good 2022 | 51% |
| St Philip's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | Good 2023 | 50% |
| The Friars Primary SchoolCommunity school | Salford | Good 2024 | 48% |
| River View Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Salford | Good 2023 | 48% |
| Moorside Primary SchoolCommunity school | Swinton | No grade | 47% |
| Irlam Endowed Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 46% |
| Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No grade | 46% |
| Summerville Primary SchoolCommunity school | Salford | Good 2022 | 45% |
| Marlborough Road AcademyAcademy converter | Salford | Good 2023 | 45% |
| Westwood Park Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No grade | 42% |
| Clifton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | Good 2023 | 42% |
| Boothstown Methodist Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Manchester | No grade | 39% |
| North Walkden Primary SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No grade | 34% |
| St George's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Salford | Good 2023 | 31% |
| St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | No grade | 30% |
| Moss Valley Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Salford | No grade | 29% |
| The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC PrimaryVoluntary aided school | Salford | Good 2022 | 10% |
| Light Oaks Infant SchoolCommunity school | Salford | Good 2022 | — |
| Cadishead Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Inadequate 2023 | — |
| St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | — |
| St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Salford | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| The Deans Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Clarendon Road Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Hilton Lane Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | — |