St Aidan's Grove, Salford M7 3TN
10 reasons to choose Lower Kersal Community Primary School
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Lower Kersal Community Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Salford and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Lower Kersal Community Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Lower Kersal Community Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Lower Kersal Community Primary School ranks in the top 34% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 2% of schools.
The Lower Kersal Community Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Most subjects are taught separately, coordinated by half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Lower Kersal Community Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Lower Kersal Community Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are 9.00am to 3.30pm, and can be longer with after school clubs.
Find another school near Lower Kersal Community Primary School
Chetham’s School of Music, Junior department (1.8 miles); Prestwich Preparatory School (2.3 miles); Clarendon Cottage School (2.6 miles).
St Philip’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Salford (1.1 miles); King David Primary School (1.5 miles); St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles, Manchester (3 miles).
Manchester Mesivta School (2.2 miles); Beis Yaakov High School (2.3 miles); St Monica’s RC High School and Sixth Form Centre (2.5 miles).