Irlam Endowed Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Mixed · Salford
Chapel Road, Manchester, M44 6EE
60
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
97%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.4%
16.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
226
Capacity used
Has space91%
248 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
97%
1st preference success rate
30 of 31 families who put it first got an offer
30
Places offered
62
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 31 | 30 | ● 97% |
| 2nd preference | 21 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 8 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 2 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 62 | 30 | 48% |
1st preference success by year
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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Ben Lynch
- Address
- Chapel Road, Irlam, Manchester, M44 6EE
- Phone
- 01615661887
- Local authority
- Salford
- Ward / constituency
- Cadishead & Lower Irlam · Worsley and Eccles
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105939
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
226 pupils · 248 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
08 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 188 pupils
Attendance
93.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
16.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
2.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.1%
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.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 60% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 0% | — | — |
| 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
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 46% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 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.
| 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.