Springwood Primary School
Barton Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5LP
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Springwood Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jacqui Wennington
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Salford and Eccles
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 311
- Pupils on roll
- 307
- URN
- 132153
- Local authority
- Salford
About this school
Springwood Primary School was a community special school in Salford. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 307 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Springwood Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2001, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 52 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -6.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -6.60 | - |
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 Springwood 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 | 0% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.9%
- English as an additional language
- 19.9%
- Overall absence
- 10.6%
- Persistent absence
- 34.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Springwood Primary School0.0 miles
Academies · Salford
-
Edintervention School0.5 miles
Special schools · Swinton
-
Barton Moss Education Centre0.6 miles
Other types · Swinton
-
Chatsworth Futures Limited0.7 miles
Other types
-
Oakwood Academy0.8 miles
Academies · Eccles
Other schools in Salford
- Acer Academy, Salford Free Schools
- Aim Habonim Special schools
- Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre Academies
- Angel Meadow School Special schools
- Chatsworth High School and Community College Academies
- Springwood Primary School Academies
- Thompsons Academy trading as Navigators Other types
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Springwood Primary School teach?
- Springwood Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a special school in Salford.
- Has Springwood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Springwood 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 big is Springwood Primary School?
- Springwood Primary School had 307 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Springwood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Springwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Springwood 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.