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Brooklands Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Woodbourne Road, Sale M33 3SY · brooklands.trafford.sch.uk · 0161 973 3758
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 87%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Trafford 72%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Trafford Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 645
- 97% of 664 places
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 2.6%
- First language not English
- 19.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Trafford Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 74 families put the school first and 83 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 | 83 | 74 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 87 | 83 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 79 | 76 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 83 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 102 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
Results
In 2024/25, 87% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 32% the higher standard. Across Trafford it was 72%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲87% | 62% | ||
| ▲32% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Brooklands Primary School on 13 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 13 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (208 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Positive
- 96%
- Replies
- 208
- 32% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on 21 parents (10%) whose child was bullied
based on 35 parents (17%) with SEND