The Deans Primary School
Swinton, M27 5TD · Salford local authority
Swinton’s School Grade B− better than 50% of towns in England
What stands out about The Deans Primary School
- Its own letter, B+: Key Stage 2 results better than 72% of England’s primary schools
- 70% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8 points above England’s schools
- Ofsted: Outstanding, July 2024 (shown, not graded)
- 82% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (55 of 67)
- Homes in its postcode sector (M27 5) sold for a median £260,000; Swinton’s is £250,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 70%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 72% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Salford avg 59%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 18 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
These results were published under the school’s predecessor (URN 105924), before it converted or merged. England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at The Deans Primary School?
82% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (3), 2023 (4), 2025 (21), 2026 (12). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Kings Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Salford council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
82% got their first choice
Swinton and Salford, side by side
2023–2025All 70 graded primaries in Salford. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Swinton’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadoak Primary School | A+ | 3% | 86% |
| Wardley CofE Primary School | A+ | 21% | 85% |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School | A+ | 58% | 85% |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | A+ | 6% | 83% |
| St Mary's RC Primary School | A+ | 11% | 83% |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | A | 7% | 82% |
| James Brindley Community Primary School | A | 10% | 82% |
| Christ The King RC Primary School | A | 15% | 81% |
| St Philip's RC Primary School | A | 14% | 80% |
| Bridgewater Primary School | A | 49% | 79% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | A− | 38% | 74% |
| St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy | A− | 17% | 74% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | A− | 15% | 72% |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | A− | 32% | 72% |
| Ellenbrook Community Primary School | A− | 6% | 71% |
| The Deans Primary School | B+ | 22% | 70% |
| St Andrew's Methodist Primary School | B+ | 30% | 69% |
| St Mary's RC Primary School | B+ | 19% | 69% |
| Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's Centre | B | 45% | 66% |
| Dukesgate Academy | B | 63% | 66% |
| Clifton Primary School | B | 42% | 65% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | B− | 30% | 64% |
| St Mark's RC Primary School | B− | 34% | 64% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | B− | 39% | 63% |
| Barton Moss Community Primary School | B− | 49% | 62% |
| Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary School | B− | 20% | 61% |
| Light Oaks Junior School | C+ | 23% | 60% |
| Irlam Primary School | C+ | 25% | 60% |
| Lewis Street Primary School | C+ | 53% | 59% |
| St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles | C+ | 16% | 59% |
| St Charles' RC Primary School | C+ | 21% | 59% |
| St Edmund's RC Primary School | C+ | 42% | 59% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | C+ | 61% | 59% |
| Monton Green Primary School | C | 15% | 57% |
| St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School | C | 59% | 57% |
| St Sebastian's RC Primary School | C | 56% | 57% |
| St Augustine's CofE Primary School | C | 53% | 57% |
| Grosvenor Road Primary School | C | 31% | 57% |
| Lower Kersal Community Primary School | C | 51% | 56% |
| St John's CofE Primary School | C | 21% | 56% |
| Beech Street Community Primary School | C | 52% | 55% |
| Mossfield Primary School | C | 51% | 55% |
| St Luke's RC Primary School | C | 12% | 55% |
| Holy Family VA RC Primary School | C | 18% | 55% |
| Peel Hall Primary School | C | 62% | 54% |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | C | 41% | 54% |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | C | 48% | 54% |
| Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School | C | 6% | 54% |
| Moorside Primary School | C− | 29% | 53% |
| River View Community Primary School | C− | 42% | 53% |
| Willow Tree Primary School | C− | 47% | 53% |
| Boothstown Methodist Primary School | C− | 19% | 50% |
| Mesne Lea Primary School | C− | 26% | 50% |
| Summerville Primary School | C− | 45% | 49% |
| The Friars Primary School | C− | 44% | 49% |
| Irlam Endowed Primary School | C− | 27% | 49% |
| Marlborough Road Academy | C− | 70% | 49% |
| St Joseph the Worker RC Primary School | C− | 35% | 48% |
| St Boniface RC Primary School | C− | 53% | 48% |
| Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School | C− | 54% | 48% |
| Lark Hill Community Primary School | D | 54% | 47% |
| Wharton Primary School | D | 56% | 47% |
| Westwood Park Community Primary School | D | 61% | 46% |
| North Walkden Primary School | D | 45% | 45% |
| The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary | D | 32% | 45% |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | D | 41% | 43% |
| St George's CofE Primary School | D | 58% | 39% |
| Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary School | D− | 40% | 38% |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School | D− | 43% | 36% |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School | D− | 27% | 33% |
The Deans Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Outstanding, July 2024.
Living near The Deans Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in M27 5, the school’s postcode sector
Swinton property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in M27 5 sell for a little over Swinton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
22 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Swinton, M27 5TD
The Deans Primary School: common questions
Is The Deans Primary School a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 72% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B+), with 70% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Outstanding, July 2024.
How hard is it to get into The Deans Primary School?
For September 2026, 67 families put The Deans Primary School first and 55 of them were offered a place; 59 places were offered in all.
What is The Deans Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (July 2024).
How much do houses cost near The Deans Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, M27 5, sold for a median £260,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (312 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Swinton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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