Cloverlea Primary School

  • Primary
  • Local authority maintained
  • Ages 3 to 11
Ofsted judgements: Good

Green Lane North, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 7NQOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)

Cloverlea Primary School is a primary school in Altrincham for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 101 schools in Trafford. It ranks 15th of 17 primary schools in Altrincham. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 8 October 2024, report published 20 November 2024

This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Early years provision
Good
Safeguarding
Met

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 8 October 2024

Pupils are well cared for in this happy and harmonious school. The warm relationships that they have with staff are mirrored in the ways that pupils care for each other. For instance, older pupils delight in sharing stories with their younger 'reading buddies'. Play leaders organise games for everyone to enjoy at breaktime. Pupils strive to behave in accordance with the school's values of 'learning, caring, believing, achieving'. They take pride in receiving rewards when they demonstrate these values. Starting in the Nursery class, children quickly settle into the school's well- established routines. This helps to ensure that the atmosphere around the school is calm and orderly. Pupils embrace opportunities to make positive contributions to the school community. For example, values ambassadors consult with other pupils about how they can help to improve the school. Subject ambassadors relish the chance to help enthuse other pupils about their favourite subjects. The school wants the very best for pupils. Since the previous inspection, it has taken action to strengthen the curriculum. This has been successful. Pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), typically achieve in accordance with the school's high expectations.

What the school should improve

  • In a small number of subjects, the school has not ensured that staff are clear about the knowledge that pupils should remember to help them with subsequent learning. This means that staff lack clarity about the information that they should emphasise when they deliver the curriculum and when they check what pupils know and can remember. The school should ensure that staff have a strong shared understanding of this essential learning so that they can help pupils to build knowledge securely over time.
  • On occasions, some staff do not adapt their delivery of the curriculum for pupils with SEND effectively. This hinders some pupils with SEND from learning as well as they should. The school should ensure that staff use the information that they receive about these pupils to support them to access and embed learning successfully.

Exam results

SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25

30 pupils took the tests

Expected standard in reading, writing and maths63%

63%, 1 percentage points above the England average of 62%.

Higher standard in reading, writing and maths7%

7%, 1 percentage points below the England average of 8%.

Reading, average scaled score105

105, 1 below the England average of 106.

Maths, average scaled score104

104, 1 below the England average of 105.

Grammar, punctuation and spelling, average scaled score105

105, the same as the England average.

Pupil numbers and mix

228 pupils on roll, with places for 210

Eligible for free school meals11.8%

11.8%, 14.7 percentage points below the England average of 26.5%.

English as an additional language17.1%

17.1%, 4.5 percentage points below the England average of 21.6%.

Special educational needs support11%

11%, 3.8 percentage points below the England average of 14.8%.

Education, health and care plan2.2%

2.2%, 3.8 percentage points below the England average of 6%.

Schools near Cloverlea Primary School

SchoolDistanceOfstedResults
Broomwood Primary School0.4 milesOfsted: Good65% met the expected standard
Willows Primary School0.6 milesOfsted: Good80% met the expected standard
Forest School0.7 milesNo Ofsted inspectionNot published
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding89% met the expected standard
Sandilands Primary School1 mileOfsted: Good56% met the expected standard

School details

School type
Community school
Sector
Local authority maintained
Age range
3 to 11
Gender
Mixed
Nursery classes
Yes
Headteacher
Mr C McConnell
Address
Green Lane North, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 7NQ
Local authority
Trafford
URN
106295

School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.