Navigation Primary School
Hawarden Road, Altrincham, WA14 1NG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Joanne Patterson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 444
- URN
- 106283
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617110149
About this school
Navigation Primary School is a community primary school in Altrincham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 444 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 62 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 82% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 23% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 84% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 92% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 87% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.30 | - | - |
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 Navigation 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 | Trafford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 74% | 65.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 65.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 67.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 446 |
| 2023/24 | 444 |
| 2024/25 | 439 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Navigation Primary School compares
Navigation Primary School ranked 30th of 55 primary schools in Trafford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 3.5% | 9.3% | 444 | — |
| Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School | 62% | 4.3% | 21.2% | 211 | 0.5 miles |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | 89% | 2.9% | 3% | 632 | 0.5 miles |
| St Hugh's Catholic Primary School | 75% | 4.5% | 8.3% | 584 | 0.7 miles |
| Willows Primary School | 80% | 2.8% | 4.2% | 375 | 0.7 miles |
| Broadheath Primary School | 79% | 5% | 17.5% | 524 | 0.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9.29%
- English as an additional language
- 28.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.47%
- Persistent absence
- 4.95%
Location
Nearby schools
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Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Altrincham
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St Vincent's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Altrincham
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St Hugh's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Altrincham
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Willows Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Altrincham
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Broadheath Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Altrincham
Other schools in Altrincham
Navigation Primary School ranks 11th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Altrincham.
- Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Bollin Primary School Primary
- Bowdon CofE Primary School Primary
- Broadheath Primary School Primary
- Broomwood Primary School Primary
- Cloverlea Primary School Primary
- Elmridge Primary School Primary
- Heyes Lane Primary School Primary
- Little Bollington CofE Primary School Primary
- Oldfield Brow Primary School Primary
- Park Road Academy Primary School Primary
- St Hugh's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Navigation Primary School teach?
- Navigation Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Altrincham.
- Who is the headteacher of Navigation Primary School?
- The headteacher of Navigation Primary School is Ms Joanne Patterson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Navigation Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Navigation Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Navigation Primary School?
- Navigation Primary School has 444 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Navigation Primary School full?
- Navigation Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 444 on roll (106%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Navigation Primary School a faith school?
- No. Navigation Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Navigation Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Navigation Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Navigation Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Navigation Primary School rank locally?
- Navigation Primary School ranked 30th of 55 primary schools in Trafford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Navigation Primary School's absence rate?
- Navigation Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Navigation Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Navigation 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 29 June 2026.