St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School
Hadfield Street, Salford, M7 4XG
503 pupils · 105% of 480 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Salford
- Free school meals
- 57.7%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 6 December 2023, published 18 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 83% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 15% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.1 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 66 | 93 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 56 | 67 | 83 | 56 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 73 | 90 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 59 | 66 | 83 | 59 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 59 | 67 | 89 | 59 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 62 | 94 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 59 | 66 | 94 | 59 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 58 | 73 | 97 | 58 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Marlborough Road Academy 0.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Cheetham CofE Community Academy 0.4 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Unity Community Primary 0.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Brentnall Academy 0.7 km · Inadequate (2022) · previous system
- The Olive School, Manchester 0.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.