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Well Green Primary School

Primary · Altrincham · WA15 8QA

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 16 June 2026 · report published 26 July 2026

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At a glance

226 pupils · 104% of 218 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
28.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.wellgreenprimary.co.uk
URN
106293

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 16 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2022 entry)

Category 5
1.296 miles

2022 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

32 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
91%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
112
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school91%
Median of its 12 closest peers76%
Trafford average71.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Leigh Stationers' Primary AcademyWelling · 166 miles awayOutstanding (2019)87%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolWarrington · 9 miles awayOutstanding79%
St Godric's Catholic Primary School, DurhamDurham · 103 miles awayStrong standard73%
Harris Primary SchoolPreston · 33 miles awayExpected standard63%
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary SchoolRuislip · 149 miles awayGood72%
Meersbrook Bank Primary SchoolSheffield · 35 miles awayExpected standard57%
Eastlands Primary SchoolRugby · 83 miles awayOutstanding73%
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, SevenoaksSevenoaks · 180 miles awayOutstanding89%
St George's Catholic Primary SchoolWorcester · 81 miles awayGood79%
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansSt Albans · 140 miles awayGood87%
Mornington Primary SchoolNottingham · 53 miles awayGood70%
Manland Primary SchoolHarpenden · 135 miles awayGood91%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 26% (Trafford 55%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 22% (Trafford 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 12% (Trafford 7%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 8% (Trafford 5%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Trafford 4%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Trafford 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Trafford 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Trafford 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Trafford 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Trafford 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Trafford 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Trafford 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Trafford 3%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Trafford: 0.84 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

69% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% moved to another state school · 13% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

25% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,524; 30% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,360
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£21,362; in-year balance -£68,050

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.4%62.3%
Social housing19.9%17.1%
Privately rented10.4%20.5%
Detached houses29.4%22.9%
Flats21.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01006138 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£637,500198 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£442,500–£900,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (83)£985,000
Semi-detached (74)£525,000
Terraced (22)£416,500
Flat (19)£400,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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