St Boniface RC Primary School
Yew Street, Salford, M7 2HL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stella Groarke
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Salford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 219
- URN
- 105962
- Local authority
- Salford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01615667612
About this school
St Boniface RC Primary School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Salford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 219 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 31 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 39% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 52% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 52% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 55% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 101.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 St Boniface RC 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 | 40% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 230 |
| 2023/24 | 234 |
| 2024/25 | 225 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Boniface RC Primary School compares
St Boniface RC Primary School ranked 26th of 69 primary schools in Salford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5.4% | 54.1% | 219 | — |
| Lower Kersal Community Primary School | 53% | 5.5% | 51.1% | 245 | 0.4 miles |
| Brentnall Academy | 75% | 8.2% | 52.5% | 184 | 0.5 miles |
| River View Community Primary School | 48% | 5.7% | 45.3% | 521 | 0.6 miles |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School | 83% | 4.7% | 56.5% | 503 | 0.7 miles |
| Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School | 72% | 4.1% | 6.3% | 312 | 0.7 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)
- 54.07%
- English as an additional language
- 40.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.39%
- Persistent absence
- 18.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lower Kersal Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Salford
-
Brentnall Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Salford
-
River View Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Salford
-
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Salford
-
Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Salford
Other schools in Salford
St Boniface RC Primary School ranks 9th of the 29 ranked primary 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 year groups does St Boniface RC Primary School teach?
- St Boniface RC Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Salford.
- Who is the headteacher of St Boniface RC Primary School?
- The headteacher of St Boniface RC Primary School is Mrs Stella Groarke, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Boniface RC Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Boniface RC 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 big is St Boniface RC Primary School?
- St Boniface RC Primary School has 219 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is St Boniface RC Primary School full?
- St Boniface RC Primary School has capacity for 240 pupils and 219 on roll (91%), 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 St Boniface RC Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. St Boniface RC Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Salford.
- Does St Boniface RC Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records St Boniface RC Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have St Boniface RC Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Boniface RC Primary School rank locally?
- St Boniface RC Primary School ranked 26th of 69 primary schools in Salford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Boniface RC Primary School's absence rate?
- St Boniface RC Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Boniface RC Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Boniface RC 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.