Brentnall Primary School
Northumberland Street, Higher Broughton, Salford, M7 4RP
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Brentnall Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Clyne
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Blackley and Broughton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 266
- Pupils on roll
- 230
- URN
- 105893
- Local authority
- Salford
About this school
Brentnall Primary School was a community primary school in Salford. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 230 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Brentnall Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 37 | 34 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 51% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 51% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 51% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Brentnall Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Salford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41% | 53.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Brentnall Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 48.8% | 230 | — |
| Brentnall Academy | 75% | 8.2% | 52.5% | 184 | 0.0 miles |
| Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School | 72% | 4.1% | 6.3% | 312 | 0.2 miles |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School | 83% | 4.7% | 56.5% | 503 | 0.4 miles |
| St Boniface RC Primary School | 67% | 5.4% | 54.1% | 219 | 0.5 miles |
| Marlborough Road Academy | 45% | 5.9% | 71.7% | 226 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 48.8%
- English as an additional language
- 49.1%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 24.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brentnall Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Salford
-
Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Salford
-
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Salford
-
St Boniface RC Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Salford
-
Marlborough Road Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Salford
Other schools in Salford
- Brentnall Academy Primary
- Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School Primary
- Dukesgate Academy Primary
- Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School Primary
- Lark Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Light Oaks Infant School Primary
- Light Oaks Junior School Primary
- Lower Kersal Community Primary School Primary
- Marlborough Road Academy Primary
- Monton Green Primary School Primary
- Moss Valley Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Brentnall Primary School teach?
- Brentnall Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Salford.
- Has Brentnall Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Brentnall Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Brentnall Primary School?
- Brentnall Primary School had 230 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Brentnall Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Brentnall Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brentnall Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 September 2023.