OFSTED
Latest inspection
24 February 2026
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum & teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance & behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development
Strong standard
Leadership & governance
Strong standard
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
16 November 2021
Graded inspection
Outstanding
Published
29 December 2021
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Trafford
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
680
628 full-time ·
52 part-time
Female pupils
342
50.3% of pupils
Male pupils
338
49.7% of pupils
15.8 pts
below England
School
9.0%
Trafford
16.9%
North West
28.5%
England
24.8%
17.8 pts
above England
School
38.1%
Trafford
23.2%
North West
18.1%
England
20.3%
0.9 pts
below England
School
0.1%
Trafford
0.8%
North West
0.8%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
6.2%
42
Any other ethnic group
5.4%
37
Any other Asian background
4.6%
31
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
11.0%
75 of
680 pupils
9.8 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
8.5%
58 pupils
England
14.8%
6.3 pts
below
EHC plans
2.5%
17 pupils
England
6.0%
3.5 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
30
Moderate learning difficulty
18
Social, emotional & mental health
13
Specific learning difficulty
5
Other difficulty or disability
4
Autistic spectrum disorder
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
2.87%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
3.34 pts
lower than
England
School
2.87%
Trafford
5.62%
North West
6.25%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
4.94%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
10.88 pts
lower than
England
School
4.94%
Trafford
13.07%
North West
15.89%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.18%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.62 pts
lower than
England
School
0.18%
Trafford
1.46%
North West
1.75%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
99.7%
11.5 pts
above England
Springfield Primary School
99.7%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.