Brentwood School

State-Funded School

brentwood-school-trafford-north-west

North WestRegion

TraffordLocal Authority

Altrincham and Sale WestConstituency

M33 4GYPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Brentwood School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Trafford, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 185 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

59%

Asian

16%

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

185

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 185
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 5 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
21 Jul 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.