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Bollin Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Apsley Grove, Bowdon, Altrincham WA14 3AH · bollin-primary.com · 0161 928 8900
On the mapSearch near WA14 3AH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- 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
- 368
- 88% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6%
- First language not English
- 32.9%
- 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, 36 families put the school first and 41 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 | 41 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 55 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 25% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲25% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106296)
Ofsted
Bollin Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Sept 2022
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106296), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106296)
Jul 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106296)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (165 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 165
- 37% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (13%) with SEND