Moorlands Junior School
Temple Road, Sale, M33 2LP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Alison Kelly
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 370
- Pupils on roll
- 329
- URN
- 106308
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01619625452
About this school
Moorlands Junior School is a community primary school in Sale. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 329 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Moorlands Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 17 May 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 68 | 90 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 67% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 16% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 84% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 86% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 88% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111.0 | 110.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.70 | - | - |
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 Moorlands Junior 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 | 71% | 65.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 65.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 67.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 273 |
| 2023/24 | 311 |
| 2024/25 | 337 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moorlands Junior School compares
Moorlands Junior School ranked 22nd of 55 primary schools in Trafford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 3.3% | 11% | 329 | — |
| Templemoor Infant and Nursery School | — | 3% | 9.5% | 213 | 0.1 miles |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | 77% | 4.4% | 15.9% | 199 | 0.2 miles |
| Worthington Primary School | 68% | 3.2% | 19.5% | 446 | 0.4 miles |
| St Anne's CofE Primary School | 66% | 5.1% | 25% | 216 | 0.4 miles |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | 69% | 3.5% | 28% | 473 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.98%
- English as an additional language
- 28.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.25%
- Persistent absence
- 5.65%
Location
Nearby schools
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Templemoor Infant and Nursery School0.1 miles
Primary · Sale
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Holy Family Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Sale
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Worthington Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Sale
-
St Anne's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Sale
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Lime Tree Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Sale
Other schools in Sale
Moorlands Junior School ranks 9th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Sale.
- All Saints' Catholic Primary School Primary
- Brooklands Primary School Primary
- Firs Primary School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Lime Tree Primary Academy 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 ages does Moorlands Junior School teach?
- Moorlands Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Sale.
- Who is the headteacher of Moorlands Junior School?
- The headteacher of Moorlands Junior School is Miss Alison Kelly, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Moorlands Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moorlands Junior 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 many pupils are at Moorlands Junior School?
- Moorlands Junior School has 329 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Moorlands Junior School full?
- Moorlands Junior School has capacity for 370 pupils and 329 on roll (89%), so it has space against 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 Moorlands Junior School a faith school?
- No. Moorlands Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Moorlands Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Moorlands Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Moorlands Junior School have?
- The schools register lists Moorlands Junior School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Moorlands Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moorlands Junior School compare with other schools in Trafford?
- Moorlands Junior School ranked 22nd of 55 primary schools in Trafford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moorlands Junior School's absence rate?
- Moorlands Junior School's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moorlands Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moorlands Junior 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.