St Andrew's CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Barton Lane, Eccles, Manchester, M30 0FL – View on map
- Phone: 01617894853
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Joanne Bladen-Kay
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 30 places – 9 for every 10 places. 86% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 7 · 2025 11 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 94
- % eligible for free school meals: 40.5%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Salford average)
- English as an additional language: 63% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.9% a year (Salford 11.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the Salford average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 74% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 27 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 40th of 69 junior and primary schools in the area
- =38St Paul's CofE Primary School61%
- =40Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School59%
- =40St Andrew's CofE Primary School59%
- =42Light Oaks Junior School57%
- =42St Mark's RC Primary School57%
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30th of 53 primary schools in Salford for Ofsted rating
- #28Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's CentreGood
- #29River View Community Primary SchoolGood
- #30St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #31St Boniface RC Primary SchoolGood
- #32St Charles' RC Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,765 (2024-25)
39th of 72 primary schools in Salford for spending per pupil
- #37Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School£6,806
- #38Holy Family VA RC Primary School£6,767
- #39St Andrew's CofE Primary School£6,765
- #40St Augustine's CofE Primary School£6,738
- #41St Paul's CofE Primary School£6,730
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