Altrincham primary schools

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Hi, just moved into the area of timperley (stamford brook estate) and confused as to were to send my 3yr old boy for primary schooling.
We were lucky to get a place for him at park rd academy nursery, but they're so strict on their catchment areas that I am 100% sure we wont get a place there for the infant school. Plus they are heavily over suscribed as it is such a good school.
Broadheath is in my catchment area, but I really dont want my son to go there (no offence to any parents that currently have children there). Its previous 4yrs of SATS results have not be great and as I am sure most parents will empathise we only want the best for our children.
Only option if we dont get into park rd, is to send him private. Having recently moved into the area and so have just registered him, were quite low down on their waiting lists. Didnt realise trafford was so competitive, which children being registered as soon as they are born!
Been looking at hale prep, alt prep, st ambrose prep and forest prep... Can anyone offer any advice on which one they feel is the best? Getting personal experiences/reviews from parents is so much more valuable then just visiting the prep schools because all their results are quite good so makes it difficult for us to choose which one (that is praying we even get into one of them!).

Thanks.

People have their babies names down when they're pregnant, nevermind when they're born!!

I don't have any personal experience of any of those schools, just that St Ambrose prep is converting to a state school and there will be therefore increased competition to get in there. Have friends with children at both Hale Prep and Altrincham Prep and they're happy.

I'd still consider applying for state primaries - are you in the catchment for Altrincham C of E perhaps?

Oh yeah I've recently heard that st.ambrose is converting to an academy due to financial difficulties.
Nope not in the catchment area for alt CofE - another state school which we are considering is tyntesfield, which is not too far from us.
Hubby is keen on private so possibly considering sending him to state for a few yrs then moving him to a private prep as places usually come up in yr3 or yr4, but im not keen on moving LO around.

I can't recommend highly enough the Forest prep. I had visited St Ambrose and Alty Prep before deciding on Forest. St Ambrose is really good but they don't prepare for AGBS and I did not like the attitude of Alty prep teaching stuff. Forest is a very friendly school, a bit more old fashioned and the kids are good-mannered. The 11+ results are also very good. I don't know much about state primaries in the area, but the private schools are good value for money.