St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy

About St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy

St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy in Salford holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent inspections. The most recent graded inspection took place in 2013, and an ungraded visit in 2023 confirmed the school continues to meet the same standard. Leadership and management, as well as overall effectiveness, were both rated Good in the 2013 graded inspection, while early years provision was also judged Good in the earlier 2007 inspection. For parents focused on academic outcomes, the key metric here is the local authority average for Key Stage 2 attainment, which sits at 61. While the school’s own KS2 results are not published in this data, that LA average provides a useful benchmark against which to measure any school in Salford. With 246 pupils on roll against a capacity of 204, the school is clearly popular and running above its official capacity, which suggests strong local demand.

The school’s academic story is best understood through its Ofsted record and local context rather than raw exam scores. Ofsted’s 2013 graded inspection rated both the quality of education and behaviour and attitudes as Good, though specific labels for those categories were not provided in the most recent ungraded visit. The school serves a community where 14.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, slightly below the national average for primary schools. Compared with the wider Salford primary landscape, where only 9 out of 75 schools hold an Outstanding rating, St Teresa’s Good rating places it in the solid middle tier. Parents should note that the school does not have a sixth form, as it is a primary-only setting, and it offers nursery provision for children from age three.

Practical considerations for families include a range of facilities such as a dining hall, outdoor playground, gymnasium, library, and chapel, reflecting its Roman Catholic character. Sports on offer include football, rounders, cricket, dance, gymnastics, and swimming, while clubs extend to drama, choir, film club, book club, gardening, and coding. The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 49 applications for 30 places, with 37 of those as first preferences, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.63. SEND provisions are well-documented, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that will particularly suit Catholic families in Salford who value a faith-based primary education with strong community demand and a broad extracurricular offer.

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