Light Oaks Infant School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Salford
Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8LU
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.8%
14.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
255
Capacity used
Nearly full94%
270 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
68 of 68 families who put it first got an offer
73
Places offered
144
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 68 | 68 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 39 | 3 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 24 | 1 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 13 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 144 | 72 | 50% |
1st preference success by year
Salford lets families list 6 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lisa Thelwell
- Address
- Lancaster Road, Salford, M6 8LU
- Phone
- 01619211685
- Local authority
- Salford
- Ward / constituency
- Claremont · Salford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105894
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
255 pupils · 270 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
13 July 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 180 pupils
Attendance
93.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
14.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Salford council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.