James Brindley Community Primary School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

SalfordLocal Authority

Bolton South and WalkdenConstituency

M28 7HEPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

James Brindley Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Salford, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 239 pupils. James Brindley Community Primary School is part of THE LINK EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

239

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 239
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: THE LINK EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 19 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Dec 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.