Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery

Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery continues to demonstrate a strong performance as a good school, fostering a positive learning environment where pupils feel safe and supported. The leadership team has high expectations and has developed an ambitious curriculum that helps most pupils, including those with special educational needs, succeed. Pupils are eager to learn and contribute to school life, showcasing good behavior and a commitment to their education. The school effectively supports a love of reading, enhancing pupils' literacy skills and providing various opportunities for personal development. However, there are areas that require improvement, particularly in phonics and the regular revisiting of prior learning in some subjects. While the school has addressed previous dips in performance, particularly in mathematics, there remains a need for teachers to ensure that books provided for practice align with pupils' phonics knowledge, facilitating better reading fluency. Overall, Broadbent Fold is a supportive and effective learning community but must focus on refining certain instructional practices to further enhance student outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported by staff.
• High expectations for all pupils leading to significant progress.
• Strong emphasis on a broad and ambitious curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Development of a love for reading promoted through various initiatives.
• Pupils actively contribute to school life and demonstrate good behavior.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils read books that do not match their phonics knowledge, affecting fluency.
• In some subjects, teachers do not revisit prior learning frequently enough.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery attended 97.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.7% of pupils at Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery received £6,524 and spent £6,446 for each of its 216 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £36,000 (£168 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery have?

Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery has 217 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery cover?

Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery?

Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery is at Tennyson Avenue, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 5DP.