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St Luke's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 437 pupils Salford
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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St Luke's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Salford for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 437 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Luke's CofE Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024 of its predecessor, St Luke's CofE Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Weaste Lane
St. Lukes C of E Primary School
Salford
Greater Manchester
M5 5JH
Reference Number 151637

General Makeup

Number of pupils 437
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.49%
Girls: 48.51%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 41%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 36.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 33 57
2 29 29 58
3 33 27 60
4 35 25 60
5 30 29 59
6 27 33 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 44.6%
African 12.6%
White, Other 10.1%
Mixed, Other 7.3%
Unclassified 4.1%
Indian 3%
Asian, Other 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
White & Asian 0.9%
Chinese 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Pakistani 0.7%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Luke's CofE Primary School, inspected in June 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 16 5
Third Preference 11 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Luke's CofE Primary School had 415 pupils for 420 places. 5 places (1.2%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Weaste and Langworthy Primary” planning area

Salford counted 256 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 248 in 2029–30, down 3%.

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 2025–26 St Luke's CofE Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 12.4
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 25.6% of pupils at St Luke's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 49 5
Social, emotional and mental health 28 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 7 12
Moderate learning difficulty 12 0
Specific learning difficulty 11 1
Hearing impairment 3 0
Physical disability 1 1
No specialist assessment of need 1 0

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.

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St Luke's CofE Primary School is part of Thrive Church of England Academy Trust Ltd, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Luke's CofE Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2024 of its predecessor, St Luke's CofE Primary School.

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

St Luke's CofE Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

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

St Luke's CofE Primary School has 437 pupils on roll.

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

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

Where is St Luke's CofE Primary School?

St Luke's CofE Primary School is at Weaste Lane, St. Lukes C of E Primary School, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 5JH.

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