Tyntesfield Primary School

About Tyntesfield Primary School

Tyntesfield Primary School sits in the Trafford local authority, a borough with 63 primary schools where ten currently hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. The school itself is one of them, having been judged Outstanding in its most recent graded inspection in December 2024. However, when it comes to the Department for Education's primary school rankings based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, Tyntesfield places 55th out of 55 Trafford primaries, putting it in the bottom half nationally. The top-performing peers in the area include St Vincent's Catholic Primary School, Park Road Academy Primary School and Brooklands Primary School, all of which sit at the other end of the local league table. Tyntesfield is a mixed, non-denominational state primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. Kathryn Manion is the headteacher, and the school has 442 pupils on roll, just shy of its capacity of 462.

Despite its low ranking on the expected standard measure, Tyntesfield's Key Stage 2 results from 2023/24 tell a more nuanced story. In reading, 93% of pupils met the expected standard and 53% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 110. In maths, 95% met the expected standard and again 53% hit the higher standard, also averaging 110. These figures compare favourably with the Trafford local authority average of 71% for expected standards across the three subjects combined. The school's Ofsted inspection in December 2024 awarded Outstanding grades across the board: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This was an improvement on the previous inspection in 2013, which had also rated overall effectiveness as Outstanding. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive: 96% of respondents would recommend the school, and 98% agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy there.

The school is heavily oversubscribed. For 2025/26 entry, there were 155 applications for 51 places, with all 51 first-preference applicants offered a spot, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.04. Facilities include a library, sensory room, ICT suite, gymnasium and a chapel. Sports on offer range from netball and football to swimming, dance and athletics, while clubs include gardening, eco club, chess and choir. Tyntesfield has a range of SEND provisions, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, social and emotional mental health needs, visual and multi-sensory impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. The nearest Outstanding-rated alternative is Park Road Academy Primary School, just 0.6 km away, which may be worth considering for families who place a premium on the DfE's expected standard metric. Tyntesfield suits families who value a school with strong academic outcomes at the higher standard level, outstanding Ofsted grades and very high parental satisfaction, but who are comfortable with its low position in the local league table.

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