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Beech Street Community Primary School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Salford

Beech Street, Manchester, M30 8GB

Website 01619211606

57

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

94%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

93.9%

17.7% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

241

Capacity used

Over capacity

102%

236 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

94%

1st preference success rate

29 of 31 families who put it first got an offer

30

Places offered

56

Total applications

1.9

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference3129● 94%
2nd preference121● 8%
3rd preference90● 0%
Later preferences (4th–6th)40● 0%
Total563054%

1st preference success by year

98%
2020
71%
2021
82%
2022
68%
2023
62%
2024
94%
2025

Salford lets families list 6 preferences. 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
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Ben Spedding
Address
Beech Street, Winton, Manchester, M30 8GB
Phone
01619211606
Local authority
Salford
Ward / constituency
Barton & Winton · Worsley and Eccles
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
105906

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals52%——
English as additional language14%——
SEN support19%——
54% boys (131)46% girls (110)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

241 pupils · 236 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 22

    09 December 2022

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 203 pupils

Attendance

93.9%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

6.1%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

17.7%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

1.5%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.2%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

11%
20/21
21%
21/22
20%
22/23
22%
23/24
18%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths57%——
Higher standard7%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard66%
+4% vs England
Higher standard3%
-5% vs England

Reading

Expected standard83%
+8% vs England
Higher standard34%
+1% vs England
Average score105
-1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard69%
-3% vs England
Greater depth3%
-10% vs England

Maths

Expected standard76%
+2% vs England
Higher standard24%
-2% vs England
Average score103
-2 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard83%
+10% vs England
Higher standard31%
+1% vs England
Average score106
+1 vs England

Science

Expected standard79%
-3% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

522019412023572024662025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)66%61%
Higher standard3%8%

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.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 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.