Bowdon CofE Primary School
Grange Road, Altrincham, WA14 3EX
622 pupils · 99% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Free school meals
- 5.8%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2020) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 March 2020, published 12 May 2020. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 80% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 34% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.14 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 103 | 197 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 89 | 88 | 181 | 89 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 80 | 79 | 169 | 80 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 94 | 195 | 90 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 100 | 182 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 101 | 205 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 103 | 228 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 96 | 227 | 90 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Bollin Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Stamford Park Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School 2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 2.2 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Oldfield Brow Primary School 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Navigation Primary School 2.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.