Bollin Primary School
Bowdon, WA14 3AH · Trafford local authority
Bowdon’s School Grade A+ better than almost every town in England
What stands out about Bollin Primary School
- Its own letter, A: Key Stage 2 results better than 93% of England’s primary schools
- 81% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 19 points above England’s schools
- 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, September 2022 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (36 of 36)
- Homes in its postcode sector (WA14 3) sold for a median £907,500; Bowdon’s is £907,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 81%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 93% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Trafford avg 71%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 110, maths 109 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Bollin Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Inspiring Learners Multi Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Trafford council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Bowdon and Trafford, side by side
2023–2025All 59 graded primaries in Trafford. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Bowdon’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | A+ | 3% | 91% |
| Brooklands Primary School | A+ | 3% | 89% |
| Park Road Academy Primary School | A+ | 2% | 89% |
| Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | A+ | 2% | 87% |
| Well Green Primary School | A+ | 6% | 86% |
| Davyhulme Primary School | A+ | 6% | 86% |
| Woodhouse Primary School | A+ | 8% | 84% |
| Bowdon CofE Primary School | A+ | 6% | 84% |
| Park Road Sale Primary School | A+ | 2% | 84% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | A | 6% | 82% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | A | 5% | 82% |
| Springfield Primary School | A | 10% | 81% |
| St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary School | A | 24% | 81% |
| Bollin Primary School | A | 6% | 81% |
| All Saints' Catholic Primary School | A | 20% | 80% |
| Heyes Lane Primary School | A | 18% | 78% |
| Seymour Park Community Primary School | A | 30% | 78% |
| Navigation Primary School | A | 8% | 76% |
| Willows Primary School | A | 3% | 76% |
| St Hilda's CofE Primary School | A | 27% | 76% |
| Woodheys Primary School | A− | 10% | 75% |
| Broadheath Primary School | A− | 15% | 74% |
| Flixton Primary School | A− | 3% | 74% |
| Oldfield Brow Primary School | A− | 14% | 73% |
| Stamford Park Primary School | A− | 14% | 73% |
| St Hugh's Catholic Primary School | A− | 9% | 72% |
| Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School | A− | 15% | 72% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | A− | 13% | 72% |
| St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School | A− | 7% | 72% |
| Moorlands Junior School | A− | 12% | 71% |
| Urmston Primary School | A− | 6% | 71% |
| Moss Park Primary School | A− | 19% | 71% |
| St Anne's CofE Primary School | A− | 21% | 71% |
| Worthington Primary School | B+ | 19% | 70% |
| Elmridge Primary School | B+ | 11% | 69% |
| Kings Road Primary School | B+ | 34% | 68% |
| Highfield Primary School | B+ | 19% | 68% |
| St Alphonsus RC Primary School | B+ | 47% | 68% |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | B+ | 26% | 68% |
| Cloverlea Primary School | B | 13% | 67% |
| Victoria Park Junior School | B | 31% | 66% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | B | 12% | 65% |
| Firs Primary School | B− | 34% | 63% |
| Wellfield Junior School | B− | 15% | 63% |
| St Margaret Ward Catholic Primary School | B− | 35% | 63% |
| St Ann's RC Primary School | B− | 20% | 63% |
| Forest Gate Academy | B− | 59% | 63% |
| English Martyrs' RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | B− | 4% | 63% |
| Kingsway Primary School | B− | 33% | 61% |
| Broomwood Primary School | C+ | 44% | 60% |
| Gorse Hill Primary School | C+ | 44% | 58% |
| Partington Central Academy | C+ | 60% | 58% |
| Tyntesfield Primary School | C | 4% | 57% |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy | C | 34% | 57% |
| St Teresa's RC Primary School | C− | 32% | 51% |
| Barton Clough Primary School | C− | 49% | 50% |
| Old Trafford Community Academy | D | 58% | 45% |
| Acre Hall Primary School | D | 26% | 44% |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | D | 32% | 42% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025390 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Bollin Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, September 2022.
Living near Bollin Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in WA14 3, the school’s postcode sector
Bowdon property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in WA14 3 sell for about the same as Bowdon’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
10 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Bowdon, WA14 3AH
Bollin Primary School: common questions
Is Bollin Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 93% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A), with 81% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, September 2022.
How hard is it to get into Bollin Primary School?
For September 2026, 36 families put Bollin Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 41 places were offered in all.
What is Bollin Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2022).
How much do houses cost near Bollin Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, WA14 3, sold for a median £907,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (150 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bowdon’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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