Holy Family VA RC Primary School
Primary schoolHoly Family VA RC Primary School is a primary school in Salford, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 238 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 17 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 52% of pupils at Holy Family VA RC Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Salford and 62% in England.
14% 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 | 52% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 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
In a straight line- Willow Tree Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Lark Hill Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 m
- King of KingsIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file870 m
- Buile Hill AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2022, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional)930 m
- Salford City CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1 km
- St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Salford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).