Bridgewater Primary School | School performance

82%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

439

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

82%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

439

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

82%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

439

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 09/05/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySalford

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio17.1:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Bridgewater Primary School · Primary · Salford

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

82%

+8pp

82%77%71%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 82%

RWM higher standard

-14pp

19%12%5%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 5%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

86%

Reading higher standard

32%

Writing expected standard

86%

Writing higher standard

11%

Maths expected standard

86%

Maths higher standard

21%

Science expected standard

89%

SPAG expected standard

88%

SPAG higher standard

41%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

109.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

439

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

26%

FSM eligible

51%

SEN

26%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Bridgewater Street, Little Hulton, Manchester, M38 9WD

Local authority

Salford

Website

www.bridgewaterprimaryschool.co.uk

Telephone

01619211191

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	82%	5%	86%	32%	86%	11%	86%	21%	89%	88%	107.0	105.0	109.0	—	—	—	26%	439
2023/24	74%	19%	88%	45%	78%	21%	81%	40%	81%	84%	108.0	106.0	110.0	—	—	—	28%	439
2022/23	80%	9%	84%	40%	84%	20%	85%	42%	85%	87%	107.0	108.0	110.0	+0.70	+1.20	+1.10	28%	441
2018/19	71%	9%	79%	16%	88%	22%	88%	19%	88%	93%	103.0	105.0	108.0	+1.00	+3.30	+1.80	20%	436
2017/18	74%	10%	87%	19%	84%	19%	97%	19%	87%	97%	106.0	106.0	109.0	+0.60	+0.70	+1.60	19%	403
2016/17	79%	10%	86%	24%	86%	21%	90%	28%	90%	93%	106.0	106.0	108.0	+0.70	+0.80	+1.50	14%	366

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	439	17.0	26%	26%	51%	5%	11%
2023/24	439	18.6	28%	23%	50%	6%	14%
2022/23	441	20.4	28%	23%	54%	7%	22%
2021/22	431	19.4	23%	23%	54%	8%	28%
2020/21	412	21.2	18%	23%	53%	—	—
2018/19	436	23.4	20%	17%	58%	4%	8%
2017/18	403	22.6	19%	15%	60%	4%	8%
2016/17	366	23.2	14%	13%	61%	4%	7%