When should a child begin to train, and why the old fear was wrong
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Salford
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Academy converter · ages 3–11 · Church of England
Part of THRIVE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST LTD
Year 6 results
Reading, writing and maths
No Year 6 results published for this school. It may be new, or have too few pupils for results to be published.
Inspection
What Ofsted found
Requires improvement overall, report published 08/07/2024
Most recent check, 10/05/2023: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
Ofsted stopped giving a single overall grade in 2024 and moved to report cards in November 2025. Older grades and new report cards aren't directly comparable.
The local area
Children in Salford
| Measure | Salford | England |
|---|---|---|
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 lower | 63.4% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 lower | 76.6% | 79.8% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 higher | 25.7% | 22.2% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 lower | 81.6% | 83.7% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 higher | 15.5% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 higher | 25.4% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.