Brooklands Primary School
Woodbourne Road, Sale, M33 3SY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr John Beith
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 664
- Pupils on roll
- 645
- URN
- 106301
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01619733758
About this school
Brooklands Primary School is a community primary school in Sale. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 645 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 93 | 90 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 89% | 92% | 87% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 23% | 32% |
| Expected standard in reading | 97% | 98% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 96% | 100% | 96% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 93% | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 112.0 | 113.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.10 | - | - |
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 Brooklands 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 | 89% | 65.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 92% | 65.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 87% | 67.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 2.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 661 |
| 2023/24 | 654 |
| 2024/25 | 657 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brooklands Primary School compares
Brooklands Primary School ranked 7th of 55 primary schools in Trafford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 99% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 87% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 645 | — |
| Heyes Lane Primary School | 78% | 4% | 18.6% | 577 | 0.5 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 85% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 437 | 0.7 miles |
| Park Road Academy Primary School | 90% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 236 | 0.8 miles |
| Springfield Primary School | 80% | 2.9% | 8.6% | 680 | 0.8 miles |
| Tyntesfield Primary School | 84% | 2.9% | 4.1% | 441 | 0.8 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 report13 January 2026
- 19 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 2.87%
- English as an additional language
- 21.9%
- Overall absence
- 2.83%
- Persistent absence
- 2.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heyes Lane Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Altrincham
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Sale
-
Park Road Academy Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Altrincham
-
Springfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sale
-
Tyntesfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sale
Other schools in Sale
Brooklands Primary School ranks 3rd of the 16 ranked primary schools in Sale.
- All Saints' Catholic Primary School Primary
- Firs Primary School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Lime Tree Primary Academy Primary
- Moorlands Junior School Primary
- Park Road Sale Primary School Primary
- Springfield Primary School Primary
- St Anne's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Margaret Ward Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
- Templemoor Infant and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brooklands Primary School teach?
- Brooklands Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Sale.
- Who is the headteacher of Brooklands Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brooklands Primary School is Mr John Beith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brooklands Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brooklands 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 Brooklands Primary School?
- Brooklands Primary School has 645 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Brooklands Primary School full?
- Brooklands Primary School has capacity for 664 pupils and 645 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brooklands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brooklands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brooklands Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Brooklands Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Brooklands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 89% in 2022/23 and 87% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brooklands Primary School rank locally?
- Brooklands Primary School ranked 7th of 55 primary schools in Trafford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 99% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brooklands Primary School's absence rate?
- Brooklands Primary School's overall absence rate is 2.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brooklands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brooklands 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.