Moorside Primary School
Holdsworth Street, Swinton, M27 0LN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Ms Suzanne Howard
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 690
- Pupils on roll
- 609
- URN
- 105910
- Local authority
- Salford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01618080182
About this school
Moorside Primary School is a community primary school in Swinton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 609 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Moorside Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 90 | 86 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 57% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 67% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 66% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 66% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Moorside 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 | 56% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 629 |
| 2023/24 | 648 |
| 2024/25 | 651 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moorside Primary School compares
Moorside Primary School ranked 57th of 69 primary schools in Salford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47% | 5.9% | 29.3% | 609 | — |
| St Charles' RC Primary School | 68% | 6.3% | 20.7% | 223 | 0.3 miles |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | 69% | 5.5% | 35% | 225 | 0.4 miles |
| The Deans Primary School | — | — | — | 451 | 0.5 miles |
| Broadoak Primary School | 88% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 479 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's RC Primary School | 67% | 3.7% | 22.3% | 230 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.31%
- English as an additional language
- 14.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.91%
- Persistent absence
- 16.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Charles' RC Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Peter's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Manchester
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The Deans Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
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Broadoak Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Mary's RC Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Swinton
- Barton Moss Education Centre Other types
- Edintervention School Special schools
- Silverdale Local authority maintained schools
- The New Broadwalk PRU Local authority maintained schools
Common questions
- What ages does Moorside Primary School teach?
- Moorside Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Swinton.
- Who is the head teacher of Moorside Primary School?
- The head teacher of Moorside Primary School is Ms Suzanne Howard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Moorside Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moorside Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Moorside Primary School?
- Moorside Primary School has 609 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Moorside Primary School full?
- Moorside Primary School has capacity for 690 pupils and 609 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Moorside Primary School a faith school?
- No. Moorside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Moorside Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Moorside Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Moorside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moorside Primary School compare with other schools in Salford?
- Moorside Primary School ranked 57th of 69 primary schools in Salford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 18% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moorside Primary School's absence rate?
- Moorside Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moorside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moorside 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 29 June 2026.