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Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Tennyson Avenue, Dukinfield SK16 5DP · broadbentfold.tameside.sch.uk · 0161 303 9411
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tameside 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 217
- 7 over 210 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 9.8%
- First language not English
- 3.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 24 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 24 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 21 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Tameside it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 54
- 24% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied