Brooklands Primary School

Community school·Primary school Sale, Trafford·M33 3SY
Composite score
91.6
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National rank
#23
In North West
#1
In Trafford
Top 1%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
87%
% achieving higher RWM
32%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
113.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
74 first choices, 83 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
207
any preference, for 83 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
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1 per place
1.1320220.9220230.9620240.9520250.892026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Brooklands Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
657
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
2.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
21.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
1.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
2.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
2.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,686
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Brooklands Primary School

Brooklands Primary School is a primary school in Sale, Trafford, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 657 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted (January 2026). 87% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 113 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 32% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Brooklands Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 83 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 2.8%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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