Park Road Sale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sale, Trafford
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.323 miles
Published by Trafford Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
Park Road Sale Primary School is a primary school in Sale, Trafford for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Park Road Sale 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 | 0.323 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.833 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.481 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.289 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 2.113 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.627320612 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.323 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 12 Trafford primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 67 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 26% 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
- Park Road, Sale, M33 6HR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 461 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive and feel happy at this exceptional school.”
- “Relationships between adults and pupils are remarkably strong and respectful.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school, particularly the wider opportunities that it offers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 2024 (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) | 89% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Wellfield Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wellfield Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Springfield Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Firs Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published