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Alder Brook Primary Partnership Centre

Special / other · Salford · M30 8LE

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 19 September 2023

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At a glance

77 pupils · 86% of 90 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy alternative provision converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
77.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
70.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.alderbrook.org.uk/
URN
150193

In figures

Ofsted last graded it Good on 19 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. It had 77 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Salford 83%, England 73%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Salford 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Salford 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 4% (Salford 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Salford 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Salford 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Salford 0%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Salford 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Salford 0%, England 0%)

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
4.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £54,019; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£44,177
Typical special / other school£30,084

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for alternative provision schools in brackets: Staff 68% (80%) · premises 2% (4%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (5%) · supplies and services 26% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 16% (1%) · catering 2% (2%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£117,000; in-year balance -£207,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.1%62.3%
Social housing43.2%17.1%
Privately rented8.5%20.5%
Detached houses4.6%22.9%
Flats2.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van29.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005733 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£247,500272 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£207,000–£340,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (30)£400,500
Semi-detached (112)£270,500
Terraced (91)£226,000
Flat (39)£130,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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