Living in Sale with children
Sale, Trafford. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 62,545 people in 26,059 households; 32.9% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
22 schools: 18 state primary, 3 state secondary, 1 privateSale on the schools map →Every school in Sale, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (18)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Road Sale Primary School | Outstanding | Top 6% (3/59) in Trafford | — |
| All Saints' Catholic Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 9% (5/59) in Trafford | — |
| Brooklands Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 11% (6/59) in Trafford | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Outstanding | Top 16% (9/59) in Trafford | — |
| Tyntesfield Primary School | Outstanding | Top 17% (10/59) in Trafford | — |
| Springfield Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 23% (13/59) in Trafford | — |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | Good | Top 26% (15/59) in Trafford | — |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 38% (22/59) in Trafford | — |
| Moorlands Junior School | School remains Good | Top 39% (23/59) in Trafford | — |
| Woodheys Primary School | School remains Good | Top 43% (25/59) in Trafford | — |
| Firs Primary School | Good | (33/59) in Trafford | — |
| Wellfield Junior School | School remains Good | (34/59) in Trafford | — |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | Good | (38/59) in Trafford | — |
| Worthington Primary School | Good | (39/59) in Trafford | — |
| St Anne's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (42/59) in Trafford | — |
| St Margaret Ward Catholic Primary School | Good | (54/59) in Trafford | — |
| Templemoor Infant and Nursery School | Good | — | — |
| Wellfield Infant and Nursery School | School remains Outstanding | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sale Grammar School | Outstanding | Top 22% (4/19) in Trafford | — |
| Ashton-on-Mersey School | School remains Good | (10/19) in Trafford | — |
| Sale High School | Standards maintained | (11/19) in Trafford | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (96 detached, 289 semi-detached, 164 terraced, 130 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Sale. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Sale →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 97% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 100%, on average across the 1,461 postcodes in M33. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 3 outstanding; 15 good, or expected standard; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 21 in Trafford.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Trafford
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Trafford.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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