Pictor Academy
Grove Lane, Timperley, WA15 6PH
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE SOVEREIGN TRUST
- Head of School
- Mrs Joanna Williams
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Sovereign Trust
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 122
- URN
- 142289
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Telephone
- 01615323252
About this school
Pictor Academy is a special academy in Timperley. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 122 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Pictor Academy, 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
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 22 January 2025, where inspectors found some aspects are not as strong as at the previous inspection. 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 | 20 | 13 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 85.0 | 80.0 | 86.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 89.0 | - | 85.0 |
| Reading progress | -7.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.10 | - | - |
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 Pictor Academy 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 | 0% | 65.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 65.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 67.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 127 |
| 2023/24 | 124 |
| 2024/25 | 124 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.98%
- English as an additional language
- 19.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.77%
- Persistent absence
- 23.81%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Forest School0.4 miles
Independent schools · Altrincham
-
Trafford Alternative Education Provision0.7 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Altrincham
-
Hale Preparatory School1.4 miles
Independent schools · Altrincham
-
Bowdon Preparatory School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Altrincham
-
Brentwood School1.7 miles
Special schools · Sale
Common questions
- What ages does Pictor Academy teach?
- Pictor Academy teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a special school in Timperley.
- Who is the head of school of Pictor Academy?
- The head of school of Pictor Academy is Mrs Joanna Williams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Pictor Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pictor Academy, 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 Pictor Academy?
- Pictor Academy has 122 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Pictor Academy full?
- Pictor Academy has capacity for 120 pupils and 122 on roll (102%), 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 Pictor Academy a faith school?
- No. Pictor Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Pictor Academy part of an academy trust?
- Pictor Academy is part of THE SOVEREIGN TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Pictor Academy have?
- The schools register lists Pictor Academy's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Pictor Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Pictor Academy's absence rate?
- Pictor Academy's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Pictor Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pictor Academy'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 2 July 2026.