Primary
Wardley CofE Primary School
Moss Bank Road, Wardley, Manchester, M27 9XB
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 219 of 236 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
- Local authority
- Salford
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 20.1
- Pupils per adult
- 11.1
- Pupils
- 224
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
February 2024
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)June 2017
Previous framework
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
SATs results
89%
28 points above the Salford average (61% across 69 schools)
111.0
5.7 above the Salford average (105.3 across 69 schools)
2nd of 69 by our score, among the primary schools in Salford we can score - 78 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 110 |
| Average reading score | 111 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 89% |
| Working at a higher standard | 32% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 83% |
| 23/24 | 83% |
| 24/25 | 89% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
Moss Bank Road, Wardley, Manchester, M27 9XB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Salford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Helen Kelly
- Address
- Moss Bank Road, Wardley, Manchester, M27 9XB
- Telephone
- 01615370383