Highfield Primary School

Community school·Primary school Manchester, Trafford·M41 9PA
Composite score
39.0
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#11,227
National rank
#1672
In North West
#55
In Trafford
Top 76%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
78%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
81
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.35 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 558 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520220.8220231.0020241.0020251.072026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
300
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,389
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Highfield Primary School at a glance

Located in Manchester, Trafford, Highfield Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 300 pupils aged 3 to 11. 60% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 8.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Highfield Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.35 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. Highfield Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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