Mossfield Primary School
General Information
- Address: Mossfield Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6EH – View on map
- Phone: 01618415870
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Julie Plant
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 21 families put it first for 25 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 11 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 142
- % eligible for free school meals: 50.9%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Salford average)
- English as an additional language: 26% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.4% a year (Salford 11.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 57% moved to another school, 43% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Salford: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 10 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Salford, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 22.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 30.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 31 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 17 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Salford average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 55% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 67% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 36 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 38th of 69 junior and primary schools in the area
- =36Wharton Primary School62%
- =36Willow Tree Primary School62%
- =38Mossfield Primary School61%
- =38St Paul's CofE Primary School61%
- =40Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School59%
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27th of 53 primary schools in Salford for Ofsted rating
- #25Marlborough Road AcademyGood
- #26Monton Green Primary SchoolGood
- #27Mossfield Primary SchoolGood
- #28Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's CentreGood
- #29River View Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,671 (2024-25)
17th of 72 primary schools in Salford for spending per pupil
- #15The Friars Primary School£7,750
- #16St Boniface RC Primary School£7,706
- #17Mossfield Primary School£7,671
- #18St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School£7,611
- #19Lower Kersal Community Primary School£7,484
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