Elmridge Primary School

Elmridge Primary School has moved from an outstanding rating to good in its recent inspection, reflecting a change in leadership and educational context. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to providing a supportive and safe environment where pupils are happy, confident, and collaborative. A broad and ambitious curriculum has been implemented, and pupils generally achieve well, although some gaps remain in knowledge due to past weaknesses in curriculum delivery. Overall, the school is supported by the Bright Futures Educational Trust, which is actively involved in its development and improvement efforts.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, confident, and valued.
• High expectations for pupil achievement are evident.
• The curriculum is broad and ambitious.
• Strong emphasis on reading and early literacy.
• Positive behaviour management policies are in place.
• Effective pupil support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Robust approach to improving attendance.
• Staff feel supported in their professional development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have gaps in knowledge due to a previously weak curriculum.
• Occasional lack of appropriate activities to consolidate learning.
• Not all teachers systematically check how well the curriculum is learned.
• Teachers sometimes do not effectively adapt the curriculum for pupils with SEND.

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 Elmridge Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% 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 Elmridge Primary School 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 Elmridge Primary School had 19.6 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, 10.1% of pupils at Elmridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 2024–25 Elmridge Primary School received £6,521 and spent £6,758 for each of its 223 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £436,000 (-£1,962 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Bright Futures Educational Trust, income was £10,531 and spending £10,103 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Altrincham · Trafford local authority: places and applications

Elmridge Primary School is part of Bright Futures Educational Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Altrincham
• Lime Tree Primary Academy Sale
• The Orchards Stretford
• Barton Clough Primary School Manchester
• Acre Hall Primary School Manchester
• Stanley Grove Primary Academy Longsight
• Cedar Mount Academy Gorton
• Melland High School Gorton
• Rushbrook Primary Academy Manchester
• Marton Primary Academy and Nursery Blackpool

What is Elmridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Elmridge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Elmridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Elmridge Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Elmridge Primary School have?

Elmridge Primary School has 199 pupils on roll.

What age range does Elmridge Primary School cover?

Elmridge Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Elmridge Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Elmridge Primary School?

Elmridge Primary School is at Wilton Drive, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 0JF.