# Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School

Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School is a primary school in Salford, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 142 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E149848. [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 142
- Council: Salford
- URN: 149848

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 59% of pupils at Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Salford and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Salford | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Joseph the Worker RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-joseph-the-worker-rc-primary-school-e105961): 410 m. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Moss Valley Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moss-valley-primary-academy-e150415): 490 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 29% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Irlam Endowed Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/irlam-endowed-primary-school-e105939): 880 m. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Delamere School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/delamere-school-e106394): 1.2 km. Special. School remains Outstanding, July 2023
- [Irlam Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/irlam-primary-school-e150186): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Acre Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/acre-hall-primary-school-e138977): 1.2 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149848)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149848)

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