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Barton Clough Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Audley Avenue, Stretford, Manchester M32 9TG · bartonclough.bright-futures.co.uk · 0161 748 7539
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 155
- 74% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 49%
- First language not English
- 24.5%
- 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, 17 families put the school first and 22 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 | 22 | 17 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 24 | 20 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106320)
Ofsted
Barton Clough Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 9 Apr 2024
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106320), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106320)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 32
- 19% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (53%) with SEND