What schools serve Sale?

There are 25 schools in Sale, Trafford, including Springfield Primary School, Woodheys Primary School, Worthington Primary School, Brooklands Primary School, Firs Primary School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in Sale?

Sale has 18 primary schools and 3 secondary schools. There are also 4 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in Sale?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in Sale, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for Sale schools are set by Trafford and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Trafford admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in Sale?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Sale are set by Trafford as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in Sale

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Sale's 18 primary schools are administered under Trafford Council's co-ordinated admissions scheme, which uses nearest-school distance for community schools and individual criteria for voluntary-aided and academy schools. Trafford is one of the more competitive admission authorities in Greater Manchester - several Sale primaries drew last-offered distances of under 600 metres in the 2024 round - so verifying your position relative to each school's catchment boundary is strongly recommended.

For secondary places, Sale has three state secondary schools and sits close to Altrincham's grammar schools, meaning some families apply to selective as well as non-selective schools. Trafford operates a transfer test administered separately by Trafford Grammar Schools Consortium; non-selective places are allocated by the council using straight-line distance. Sale's secondary round closes in October with offers on 1 March. Use catchment.school to map each school's catchment boundary to your address before submitting preferences.

School demand in Sale

Across the 23 schools in Sale with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 100%. 11 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

6 schools in Sale have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

8 of the schools in Sale are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Trafford, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

9 of the schools in Sale have a current Ofsted rating, of which 9 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Sale: 9 oversubscribed (18)

Springfield Primary School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 7XS

Ages 3-11 678 pupils Capacity 682

Woodheys Primary School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 4PG

Ages 3-11 469 pupils Capacity 480

Worthington Primary School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 2JJ

Ages 3-11 458 pupils Capacity 420

Brooklands Primary School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 3SY

Ages 3-11 657 pupils Capacity 664

Firs Primary School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 5EL

Ages 3-11 575 pupils Capacity 590

Wellfield Junior School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 5QX

Ages 7-11 254 pupils Capacity 240

Moorlands Junior School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 2LP

Ages 7-11 337 pupils Capacity 370

Templemoor Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 2EG

Ages 3-7 195 pupils Capacity 210

Wellfield Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school

Sale · M33 5QW

Ages 3-7 212 pupils Capacity 180