St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles

Ofsted judged St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles's quality of education as Good at its inspection in March 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.

St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles has 227 pupils on roll.

In 2024-25, 68% of pupils at the end of primary school (key stage 2) reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.

St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles is located in Manchester, M30 8LZ, Salford.

St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Yes — St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles has a religious character of Roman Catholic. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles was 0.42 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.

When St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. A Looked After Child is a child who is — A Looked After Child is a child who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their Social Services functions (under section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989. A previously Looked After Child is one who immediately moved on from that status after becoming subject to an adoption, residence or special guardianship order. Included in this definition are those children who appear to the governing board to have been in state care outside of England and who ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. For a child to be considered as a Catholic evidence of a Catholic Baptism or reception into the Catholic Church is requi — For a child to be considered as a Catholic evidence of a Catholic Baptism or reception into the Catholic Church is required. Written evidence of reception into the Catholic Church can be obtained by referring to the Register of Receptions, or in some cases a sub-section of the Baptismal Registers of the Church in which the Rite of Reception took place. If, for example, a child has been baptised in the Church of England and the parents are subsequently admitted to the Catholic Church through the RCIA programme, the child must also be admitted to the Church by the Rite of Reception. The Baptismal Certificate is to be provided at the point of application. The Governing Board will require written evidence in the form of a Certificate of Reception before applications for school places can be considered for categories of 'Baptised Catholics'. A Certificate of Reception is to include full name, date of birth, date of reception and parent(s) name(s). The certificate must also show that it is copied from the records kept by the place of reception. Those who have difficulty obtaining written evidence of baptism for a good reason, may still be considered as baptised Catholics but only after they have been referred to the parish priest who, after consulting with the Episcopal Delegate will decide how the question of baptism is to be resolved and how written evidence is to be produced in…; 3. The child’s home address — The child’s home address. The child’s home address is considered to be the child’s parent/carer(s) place of residence, that is to say, where they are normally and regularly living. If parents are separated and the child spends time at each parents’ address, the address which will be used for admission to schools is the address where the child sleeps the majority of the school nights (Sunday to Thursday) during the week in term time. Where there is dispute or equal nights are slept, parents will be asked to provide proof of the address registered with the child’s GP. If a child is resident with friends or relatives for reasons other than guardianship, the friend or relative’s address will not be considered. We may ask to see between two and four forms of evidence of your home address (photocopies are acceptable). This may include: • proof of where you are registered for council tax • your television licence • wage/ salary slip • proof of your child tax credits Any evidence you provide must show that the parent or main carer lives at this address. We may seek evidence by other means if the parent/carer is unable to provide sufficient proof of their residence, and 10 further criteria.

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 75.8% of pupils at St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Eccles are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.