Lower Kersal Community Primary School

SalfordCommunity school

St Aidan's Grove, Salford, M7 3TN

Headteacher: Ms Sarah StewardSchool website ↗Pupils: 249 (capacity: 251)
Ofsted pending
No inspection on record
Oversubscribed
97% of first-choice applicants offered a place
53%
Reading, Writing & Maths
97%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
53.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
0.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 67%·Writing 67%·Maths 63%All three 53%
Reading
Expected67%
Exceeding20%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected67%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected63%
Exceeding13%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
31
How many got their first choice?
30of 31 (96.8%)
How many applied in total?
50

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
53.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
37.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
20.0%
Boys and girls
47%girls·53%boys
116 girls, 133 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 100% (2015/16), currently 53%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/16100.0%25.0%+11.2+5.6+9.5
2016/1797.0%7.0%+5.4+6.7+4.0
2017/18100.0%12.0%+5.6+4.9+3.0
2018/1982.0%5.0%+4.8+7.8+1.7
2022/2355.0%3.0%-2.8-0.8+0.6
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