AIR quality at a school which was once named one of the top 10 most polluted schools in the country is back to normal, claim the council.

Back in 2015, a survey identified a Kingsway Primary School in Davyhulme as being in the top 10 most polluted schools in the country.

The school, which is close to the M60 motorway, was named in the investigation carried out by the Sunday Times and based on data released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

The report led to outcry from air quality campaigners and Trafford Council promised to monitor air quality levels at the school.

And now the council has released results of its air quality monitoring project at the school, which was carried out between March 2015 and June 2016.

The findings showed that pollution levels were below UK national objectives, that set limits on pollution levels.

Trafford Council's Deputy Chief Executive, Helen Jones, said: "The council is committed to ensuring all of its communities benefit, as far as possible, from a clean, green and safe environment.

“By carrying out this real-time monitoring project, we have been able to monitor levels of known pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide, particulates and sulphur dioxide and use the data to compare this area against the national air quality objectives.

“While reassured to find that the air quality at Kingsway Primary School does not exceed national standards, this does not mean that we will be complacent.

“We will continue to take all possible measures to bring about further improvements to local air quality in support of the Greater Manchester Air Quality Action Plan & Low Emission Strategy.”

The monitoring data confirmed that there were no exceedances of the UK National Air quality objectives at the study location for Nitrogen Dioxide.

The data obtained gives assurance that at the site pollution levels were below national standards, particularly for compounds and heavy metals.

To see the council's full report click here.