Broomwood Primary School
General Information
- Address: Mainwood Road, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 7JU – View on map
- Phone: 01619125609
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Dr Louise Owen
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 144
- % eligible for free school meals: 43.6%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (similar to the Trafford average)
- English as an additional language: 25% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.1% a year (Trafford 10.7%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Trafford: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Trafford, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 22.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 34 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 27 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the Trafford average (74%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 60% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 60%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 78% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 69 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 40th of 55 junior and primary schools in the area
- =38Elmridge Primary School66%
- =38St Anne's CofE Primary School66%
- #40Broomwood Primary School65%
- =41Cloverlea Primary School63%
- =41Gorse Hill Primary School63%
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11th of 42 primary schools in Trafford for Ofsted rating
- #9Barton Clough Primary SchoolGood
- #10Bollin Primary SchoolGood
- #11Broomwood Primary SchoolGood
- #12Elmridge Primary SchoolGood
- #13English Martyrs' RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,707 (2024-25)
6th of 55 primary schools in Trafford for spending per pupil
- #4Gorse Hill Primary School£7,780
- #5Forest Gate Academy£7,719
- #6Broomwood Primary School£7,707
- #7Old Trafford Community Academy£7,563
- #8Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School£7,525
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