Moorside Primary School

State-Funded School

moorside-primary-school-salford-north-west

North WestRegion

SalfordLocal Authority

Worsley and EcclesConstituency

M27 0LNPostcode

2.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 609 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 26 Feb 2026 · published 11 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

609

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

29%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 609
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 30 September 2021. 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
20 Jul 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.