Springfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sale, Trafford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.464 miles
Published by Trafford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
Springfield Primary School is a primary school in Sale, Trafford for ages 3–11 (community school). Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Springfield Primary School 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 | 1.464 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.692 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.518 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.596 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.588 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.457238009 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.464 miles away, the 3rd longest of 12 Trafford primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception figure was further out than in 2025 and 2021, and it was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 93 first-choice applications for 89 offers; 87 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Trafford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Springfield Road, Sale, M33 7XS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 680 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this warm and inclusive school.”
- “They build trusting relationships with staff, which helps them to feel safe and valued.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and they attend regularly.”
To improve
- “Published information recently showed a widening gap for disadvantaged pupils.”
- “Some pupils benefit from timely support to help them meet leaders' expectations for their behaviour.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2026 (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) | 80% | 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: 93 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 87 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 Trafford.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Road Sale Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Anne's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Templemoor Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Brooklands Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moorlands Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Wellfield Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good