Well Green Primary School
Briony Avenue, Hale, Altrincham, WA15 8QA
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Tien-Rhimes
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 218
- Pupils on roll
- 226
- URN
- 106293
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01615277005
About this school
Well Green Primary School is a community primary school in Altrincham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 226 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Not met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 94% | 75% | 91% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 28% | 28% | 22% |
| Expected standard in reading | 97% | 88% | 97% |
| Expected standard in maths | 97% | 78% | 97% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 100% | 84% | 100% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 109.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111.0 | 110.0 | 112.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.40 | - | - |
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 Well Green 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 | 94% | 65.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 65.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 91% | 67.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 238 |
| 2023/24 | 235 |
| 2024/25 | 229 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Well Green Primary School compares
Well Green Primary School ranked 1st of 55 primary schools in Trafford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 98% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 91% | 4.3% | 7% | 226 | — |
| Elmridge Primary School | 66% | 5.6% | 17.2% | 199 | 0.7 miles |
| Cloverlea Primary School | 63% | 4.4% | 9.9% | 228 | 1.0 miles |
| Stamford Park Primary School | 78% | 4% | 14% | 426 | 1.1 miles |
| Broomwood Primary School | 65% | 5.8% | 46.4% | 355 | 1.1 miles |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | 89% | 2.9% | 3% | 632 | 1.4 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
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 3 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.97%
- English as an additional language
- 28.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.34%
- Persistent absence
- 8.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Elmridge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Altrincham
-
Cloverlea Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Altrincham
-
Stamford Park Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Altrincham
-
Broomwood Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Altrincham
-
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Altrincham
Other schools in Altrincham
Well Green Primary School ranks 1st 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
- Navigation Primary School Primary
- Oldfield Brow Primary School Primary
- Park Road Academy Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Well Green Primary School teach?
- Well Green Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Altrincham.
- Who is the headteacher of Well Green Primary School?
- The headteacher of Well Green Primary School is Mr Tom Tien-Rhimes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Well Green Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Well Green 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 Well Green Primary School?
- Well Green Primary School has 226 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Well Green Primary School a faith school?
- No. Well Green Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Well Green Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Well Green Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Well Green Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 94% in 2022/23 and 91% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Well Green Primary School rank locally?
- Well Green Primary School ranked 1st of 55 primary schools in Trafford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 98% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Well Green Primary School's absence rate?
- Well Green Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Well Green Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Well Green 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.