Acre Hall Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Manchester, Trafford·M41 6NA
Composite score
29.2
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National rank
#2062
In North West
#59
In Trafford
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
45%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.7120230.9720240.8020251.002026

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

Every child who put Acre Hall 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
292
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
12.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,308
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Acre Hall Primary School

Acre Hall Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Trafford, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 292 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 45% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 14.0 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 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Acre Hall Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 25 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Acre Hall Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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