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Lark Hill Community Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 629Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 132147URN

Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4BJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
close to Salford median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Salford

126 applications for 79 places · 44th of 71 in Salford
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
55%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 26 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 7 Needs attention
  2. 8 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
close to Salford median (1.7) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

126 applications · 79 places offered · 59 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.6; Salford median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.7; Salford median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.6; Salford median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.3; Salford median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.1; Salford median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.1; Salford median median 1.5
  7. 2020 1.2; Salford median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.5; Salford median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.3; Salford median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.6; Salford median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.5; Salford median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.0; Salford median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.6; Salford median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Salford median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Salford median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026791261.6590.75
Sep 2025661091.7500.76
Sep 2024751211.6640.85
Sep 2023901181.3510.57
Sep 202276861.1460.61
Sep 202161691.1460.75
Sep 202073841.2530.73
Sep 201957861.5450.79
Sep 201866881.3460.70
Sep 2017891401.6820.92
Sep 2016791161.5660.84
Sep 2015601182.0721.20
Sep 201460951.6641.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% → all three 55% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%46th of 69 in Salford
Reading
Expected standard78%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard67%
Greater depth1%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard18%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Salford median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2555%1%105104
2023/2449%4%103102
2022/2337%4%102101

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
132147 · 355/2098
Capacity
690 pupils · 629 on roll
Free school meals
54.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2000
Address
Liverpool Street, Salford, M5 4BJ
Local authority
Salford

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources