Tyntesfield Primary School

Tyntesfield Primary School was inspected on 10 and 11 December 2024 in its first routine section 5 inspection. It is an academy converter within Inspiring Learners Multi-Academy Trust, and although schools inspected from September 2024 are not given an overall effectiveness grade, the school was judged outstanding in every key area: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The predecessor school had previously been judged outstanding before it became an academy. Pupils thrive in a calm, purposeful and community-minded school where expectations for achievement and behaviour are extremely high. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced from Nursery to Year 6, teaching is consistently strong, and pupils achieve exceptionally well, including in reading, writing and mathematics. Early years provision is language-rich and productive, phonics support is timely, pupils with SEND are identified early and progress very well, and attendance is consistently high. Pupils benefit from a rich personal development offer, including clubs, pupil voice, charity work and responsibility roles, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Parents, staff and governors are highly positive about the school, and leaders, trustees and the local governing body provide strong support and oversight. The report identifies no areas of concern or improvement, and the school is highly effective across all areas evaluated.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well across all subjects, including reading, writing and mathematics.
• The curriculum is exciting, exceptional and carefully sequenced from Nursery to Year 6.
• Teaching is consistently strong, with excellent subject knowledge and effective checking of learning.
• Early years provision is well organised, language-rich and highly productive.
• Phonics is taught securely, with timely support so pupils become fluent, confident readers.
• Pupils with SEND are identified early and supported to access the same ambitious curriculum as their peers.
• Behaviour and attitudes are outstanding, with a calm and purposeful atmosphere throughout the school.
• Pupils show high engagement, independence and resilience when learning is challenging.
• Attendance and punctuality are consistently high, supported by strong relationships with parents.
• Personal development is rich, including clubs, pupil voice, charity work and responsibility roles.
• Pupils value diversity, respect different faiths and cultures, and believe everyone should be treated equally.
• Parents are extremely supportive, and staff feel their well-being is considered and their views are valued.
• Governance and trust oversight are strong, well informed and effective.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

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 Tyntesfield Primary School attended 97.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.7% 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 Tyntesfield 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 Tyntesfield Primary School had 24.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.8% 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, 15.4% of pupils at Tyntesfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.7% 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 Tyntesfield Primary School received £5,733 and spent £5,436 for each of its 440 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £189,000 (£430 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Inspiring Learners Multi Academy Trust, income was £5,893 and spending £5,794 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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Tyntesfield Primary School is part of Inspiring Learners Multi Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Bollin Primary School Altrincham
• Kingsway Primary School Manchester

What is Tyntesfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tyntesfield Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Tyntesfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tyntesfield Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Tyntesfield Primary School have?

Tyntesfield Primary School has 441 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tyntesfield Primary School cover?

Tyntesfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tyntesfield Primary School?

Tyntesfield Primary School is at Alma Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 4HE.