Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Dukinfield, Tameside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Dukinfield, Tameside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | 0.587 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 47 of the 51 other Tameside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in the earlier published year, 2020, when a last distance was published.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 24 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Tennyson Avenue, Dukinfield, SK16 5DP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 217 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive at this school each day happy and ready to learn.”
- “Pupils feel safe in school because they know that staff care about them.”
- “They are confident that there is always someone to talk to if they have any worries or concerns.”
To improve
- “In 2022, the proportion of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in mathematics was lower than the national average.”
- “However, in some other subjects, teachers do not revisit prior learning regularly enough.”
- “When this happens, pupils’ learning is less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 77% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 21 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Tameside.
- Bradley Green Primary Academy 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Yew Tree Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stalyhill Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good