Primary school

Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Salford
  • M44 6QE
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 9,494 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 64%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 61%61%2016/17: top 68%2017/18: top 98%2018/19: top 73%2022/23: top 80%2023/24: top 95%2024/25: top 64%No exams

Against North West

Expected standard, RWM59% · North West 63%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM7% · North West 6%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score103 · North West 105Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score102 · North West 105Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 50% · 28 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 56% · 25 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 30% · 23 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 58% · 36 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 48% · 29 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 35% · 23 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 59% · 29 pupils · North West 63%59%30%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 4% · 28 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 4% · 25 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 4% · 23 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 3% · 36 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 3% · 29 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 0% · 23 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 7% · 29 pupils · North West 6%7%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 99 · 28 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 104 · 25 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 102 · 23 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 101 · 36 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 101 · 29 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 100 · 23 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 103 · 29 pupils · North West 10510499No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 28 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 103 · 25 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 101 · 23 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 103 · 36 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 100 · 29 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 101 · 23 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 102 · 29 pupils · North West 105103100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
12 of 12 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1212
2nd31
3rd20

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Ungraded visitas predecessor
  5. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor

0 strong areas

5 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026142
Free school meals (past 6 years)55.9%
First language not English12.3%
SEN support19.1%
EHC plan4.9%
Absence (sessions missed)7.6%
Persistently absent pupils26.1%

Girls 48.8%Boys 51.2%

67.6% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.3
Pupils per adult8.0
  • Classroom teachers 8
  • Leadership 1.9
  • Teaching assistants 5.8
  • Other support 4.4

Teachers 9.9 FTE · Whole workforce 20.1 · 25 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,321
Spend per pupil£7,852
Staff spend per pupil£5,574
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£76,000in-year balance

Grants £7,920 · self-generated £401 · premises £914 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: PRESTOLEE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £1,519,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it