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Wellfield Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Church Lane, Sale M33 5QW · wellfieldinfants.com · 0161 962 1828
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Trafford Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 206
- 6 over 200 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 3.9%
- First language not English
- 9.2%
- 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, 34 families put the school first and 35 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 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 44 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Wellfield Infant and Nursery School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Feb 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (156 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 156
- 66% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (14%) with SEND