Wharton Primary School
Rothwell Lane, Little Hulton, Salford, M38 9XA
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Wharton Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Helen Fielding
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 390
- URN
- 105897
- Local authority
- Salford
About this school
Wharton Primary School was a community primary school in Salford. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 390 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Wharton Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wharton Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Salford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 37% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Wharton Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.3% | 54.8% | 390 | — |
| Wharton Primary School | 62% | 6.8% | 57.9% | 378 | 0.0 miles |
| St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School | 63% | 7.7% | 62.6% | 311 | 0.4 miles |
| Dukesgate Academy | 76% | 8.6% | 65.7% | 227 | 0.6 miles |
| Cherry Tree Primary School | 44% | 7.7% | 52% | 408 | 0.7 miles |
| Peel Hall Primary School | 54% | 5.4% | 60.3% | 416 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.8%
- English as an additional language
- 18.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.3%
- Persistent absence
- 34.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wharton Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Salford
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St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Dukesgate Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Salford
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Cherry Tree Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
Peel Hall Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Salford
- Brentnall Academy Primary
- Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School Primary
- Dukesgate Academy Primary
- Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School Primary
- Lark Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Light Oaks Infant School Primary
- Light Oaks Junior School Primary
- Lower Kersal Community Primary School Primary
- Marlborough Road Academy Primary
- Monton Green Primary School Primary
- Moss Valley Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Wharton Primary School teach?
- Wharton Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Salford.
- Has Wharton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Wharton Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Wharton Primary School?
- Wharton Primary School had 390 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Wharton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 37% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Wharton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wharton Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.