St Paul's CofE Primary School

St Paul’s C of E Primary School is performing well overall, being rated as good across all key domains. Pupils benefit from a supportive and respectful environment where their individual differences are valued. The school has made significant progress in improving educational outcomes, particularly in response to past performance issues in key stage 1. This has led to most pupils being well-prepared for their subsequent educational stages. The leadership, supported by Vantage CE Academies Trust, has effectively implemented strategies that foster a strong community and encourage personal development through various activities and charitable initiatives.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes and strong relationships with staff.
• The school has successfully raised curricular achievement in key stage 1.
• Staff receive comprehensive training to deliver the intended curriculums.
• Pupils have access to a range of enriching visits and clubs.
• There is effective support for pupils with SEND, enabling many to progress well.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils, including those with SEND, have not caught up sufficiently in reading and mathematics.
• Independent activities in the early years are not well-structured, affecting children's readiness for key stage 1.
• The rate of persistent absence remains high, impacting overall attendance.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 23.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Paul's CofE Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.2% of pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Paul's CofE Primary School received £7,421 and spent £7,506 for each of its 225 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £196,000 (-£870 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Vantage Ce Academies Trust, income was £7,696 and spending £7,506 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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St Paul's CofE Primary School is part of Vantage Ce Academies Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• St Hilda's CofE Primary School Manchester
• St Augustine's CofE Primary School Manchester
• St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy Manchester
• Flixton Girls School Manchester
• Gorton Primary School Manchester
• St James' CofE Primary School Gorton Manchester
• Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton Bolton
• Willow Tree Primary School Liverpool
• Knowsley Lane Primary School Liverpool

What is St Paul's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was St Paul's CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's CofE Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does St Paul's CofE Primary School have?

St Paul's CofE Primary School has 220 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's CofE Primary School cover?

St Paul's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Paul's CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Paul's CofE Primary School?

St Paul's CofE Primary School is at Cross Lane, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4AL.