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Elmridge Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Wilton Drive, Hale Barns, Altrincham WA15 0JF · elmridge.bright-futures.co.uk · 0161 980 4941
On the mapSearch near WA15 0JF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- 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
- 199
- 82% of 244 places
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.9%
- First language not English
- 44.2%
- 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, 14 families put the school first and 15 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 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% 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 | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Elmridge Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2007
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 53
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied