Springfield Primary School, Sale

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Springfield Primary School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders relentlessly focus on pupils' attendance at school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that meets the requirements of the national curriculum across all subjects."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children make an excellent start to their education in the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders identify the barriers that disadvantaged pupils face with precision."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have a deep understanding of the school's strengths and know precisely what they need to do to improve further."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have created a rich programme that prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to review and refine their approaches across the school so that the improvements already secured are sustained as the school's context continues to change".

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a high achieving and friendly school, with lots going on. Please feel free to contact the school direct with any queries you may have. An 'alertDismissed' token is used to prevent certain alerts from re-appearing if they have been dismissed. An 'awsUploads' object is used to facilitate file uploads."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils at Springfield Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 84% and 82% in Trafford and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (91% in reading, 90% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 93 families put Springfield Primary School as their first choice and 329 named it as one of their preferences, for 89 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Springfield Primary School are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.1 miles, 90% reading, 92% maths); St Mary's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 91% reading, 85% maths); Park Road Sale Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 100% reading, 97% maths); and St Anne's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 91% reading, 66% maths).

Springfield Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

123 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Springfield Primary School (as of April 2026): 98% would recommend the school, 98% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (95%).

9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 38.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (47%), Asian (16%) and Chinese (13%).

In 2026, 58 pupils (8.5%) received SEN support and 17 (2.5%) 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 Sale (Manchester Metrolink), about 90 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Road (near), 60 metres away.

In 2024/25, Springfield Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Springfield Primary School are Sale Grammar School (0.5 miles), Ashton-on-Mersey School (0.8 miles) and Sale High School (0.9 miles).