Salesbury Church of England Primary School

About Salesbury Church of England Primary School

Salesbury Church of England Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent graded inspection in 2012, and an ungraded inspection in 2022 confirmed the school remains Good. The most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined (the RWM measure), which sits at 73%. That is notably above the Lancashire local authority average of 60% for primary schools, placing Salesbury in the top quarter of schools nationally for this measure. The school ranks 11th out of 25 primary schools in Ribble Valley, and 454th out of 2,065 in the North West region. Individual subject scores are also strong: 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, 83% in maths, and 88% in writing. Higher standard attainment is more modest, with 15% reaching the higher benchmark across all three subjects.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 105 in maths, both comfortably above the national baseline of 100. The school's progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. However, the overall attainment picture is solid. In writing, 38% of pupils achieved the higher standard, the strongest of the three core subjects, while 28% did so in reading and 25% in maths. The school's ranking score of 73 is based on the RWM expected standard metric, and while it is not among the very top performers in the local authority — Crawford Village Primary School tops the list with a score of 100 — Salesbury sits comfortably in the middle of the pack for Ribble Valley.

The school has a Church of England religious character and a nursery provision for children from age three. It is oversubscribed: for 2025/26, there were 67 applications for 36 places, with 32 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.86. Facilities include a sports hall, ICT suite, music rooms, an outdoor playground, playing fields and a chapel. Sports on offer include gymnastics, swimming, dance, rounders, cross country and netball, while clubs include chess, choir and science club. The school has identified SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 274 pupils on roll against a capacity of 306, there is some physical room, but demand for places is high. This is a school that will suit families who value a church school with strong core academic results and a broad range of activities, particularly in sport and the arts.

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