# Bowdon CofE Primary School

Bowdon CofE Primary School is a primary school in Trafford, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 622 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E106338. [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 622
- Council: Trafford
- URN: 106338

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Outstanding (overall), March 2020
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 4 March 2020
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 2 April 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 80% of pupils at Bowdon CofE Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 72% in Trafford and 62% in England.
34% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Trafford | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 72% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 34% | 15% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111 | 108 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Altrincham Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/altrincham-preparatory-school-e106379): 400 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Altrincham Grammar School for Boys](https://openindex.co.uk/school/altrincham-grammar-school-for-boys-e136458): 550 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 79.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Bollin Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bollin-primary-school-e145746): 630 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bowdon Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bowdon-preparatory-school-e106377): 1 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Altrincham Grammar School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/altrincham-grammar-school-for-girls-e137289): 1 km. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 77.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Hale Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hale-preparatory-school-e106383): 1.2 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/106338)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106338)

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