North Walkden Primary School

State-Funded School

north-walkden-primary-school-salford-north-west

North WestRegion

SalfordLocal Authority

Bolton South and WalkdenConstituency

M28 3QDPostcode

0.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

North Walkden 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 220 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · published 18 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
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

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

220

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

23%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 220
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
15 May 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
31 Oct 2013	Good	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.