Trafford Alternative Education Provision
Trafford Alternative Education Provision is a pupil referral unit in Altrincham for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 53 pupils. About 62 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in April 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Brentwood Avenue, Timperley, Altrincham, WA14 1SR0161 912 1479traffordalternativeeducation.comMs Linda Thompson headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 28 April 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 25 March 2025 | S5 Inspection | Not judged |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Trafford council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (43), Moderate learning difficulty (4), Physical disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1), language and communications needs (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 53 | 58 | 52 | 39 | 31 | 32 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 62% | 69% | 54% | 56% | 42% | 47% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 7% | 6% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 45% | 50% | 46% | 39% | 31% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 22% | 50% | 49% | 52% | 41% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 13 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 78%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 77% | 42% | 43% |
| Education | 69% | 25% | 29% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| Work | 8% | 17% | 10% |
| Not in education, work or training | 15% | 25% | 38% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navigation Primary School | Council | 400 m | 444 | No overall grade 2025 | 93 | Compare |
| Forest School | Independent | 630 m | 212 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Hugh's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 700 m | 584 | No overall grade 2024 | 83 | Compare |
| Wellington School | Academy | 750 m | 1,536 | Good 2022 | 84 | Compare |
| Willows Primary School | Council | 860 m | 375 | Good 2024 | 89 | Compare |
| The Trafford and Stockport College Group | Further education | 870 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Park Road Academy Primary School | Academy | 880 m | 236 | Outstanding 2023 | 100 | Compare |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 960 m | 632 | Outstanding 2024 | 100 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Trafford Alternative Education Provision a good school?
Trafford Alternative Education Provision doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from April 2026 rated its teaching as .
What is Trafford Alternative Education Provision's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 28 April 2026 it rated .
How many pupils does Trafford Alternative Education Provision have?
53 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Brentwood Avenue, Timperley, Altrincham, WA14 1SR
- Telephone
- 0161 912 1479
- Website
- traffordalternativeeducation.com
- Headteacher
- Ms Linda Thompson
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Ward
- Timperley North
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2005 (new provision)
- URN
- 131134 · LAESTAB 3581103 · UKPRN 10017194
- Formerly
- Trafford High School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.