Brooklands Primary School, Sale

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Brooklands Primary School on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Over time, pupils develop detailed knowledge across the curriculum and can recall this securely."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils relish attending school."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have made astute decisions in the early years, which enable them to build on children's high starting points."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established an inclusive culture where high expectations apply to all pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have carefully designed a personal development programme that builds on pupils' prior experiences and is an entitlement for all."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "In most subjects, leaders have thoughtfully constructed an ambitious curriculum that enables pupils to build securely on what they have learned before."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Pupils are at the heart of leaders' decisions."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should sharpen their oversight of the different areas of their work and ensure that there are robust processes in place to evaluate the impact of their work. • Pupils achieve highly, but in a very small number of subjects, some aspects of the curriculum are not yet organised well enough. Leaders should strengthen the coherence of the curriculum so that all pupils continue to learn well".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Brooklands Primary School. My three core priorities are to ensure all members of our community feel safe, are happy in school and are able to learn to the best of their ability. Brooklands is an excellent school that is passionate about both children’s academic achievement and holistic development."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and gardening.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils at Brooklands Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 96% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 84% and 82% in Trafford and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 98% in reading and 100% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 74 families put Brooklands Primary School as their first choice and 207 named it as one of their preferences, for 83 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Brooklands Primary School are Heyes Lane Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 89% reading, 91% maths); St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles, 90% reading, 92% maths); Park Road Academy Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 100% reading, 97% maths); and Springfield Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 89% reading, 90% maths).

Brooklands Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

208 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Brooklands Primary School (as of April 2026): 98% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 83% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (83%).

2.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 45 pupils (7%) received SEN support and 7 (1.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Brooklands (Manchester Metrolink), about 420 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Woodbourne Road (near), 250 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Brooklands Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Brooklands Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Brooklands Primary School are Sale Grammar School (0.6 miles), Ashton-on-Mersey School (0.7 miles) and Sale High School (0.9 miles).