Bridge Hall Primary School

Bridge Hall Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement overall, having faced challenges that have hindered some pupils' achievements, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While the school promotes a positive atmosphere where pupils feel safe and engaged, the quality of education and early years provision is inconsistent, leading to gaps in knowledge for some students. Attendance has improved, and pupils have access to enriching opportunities, but recent performance data indicates significant underachievement in core subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe at the school.
• The school has improved supervision and organization of activities at playtimes and lunchtimes.
• Teachers effectively identify and support pupils with SEND.
• Pupils enjoy a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, enhancing their reading skills.
• Pupils are well prepared for citizenship and understand equality.
• The school takes positive action to support pupils' emotional and mental health.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not fully benefit from high expectations of achievement.
• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum impacts learning.
• Pupils struggle with spelling, handwriting, and punctuation.
• The early years curriculum lacks clarity regarding key concepts.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Bridge Hall Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.9% of pupils at Bridge Hall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Bridge Hall Primary School had 14.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 44.3% of pupils at Bridge Hall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Bridge Hall Primary School received £10,546 and spent £10,345 for each of its 163 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £108,000 (£660 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Bridge Hall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bridge Hall Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Bridge Hall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bridge Hall Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Bridge Hall Primary School have?

Bridge Hall Primary School has 167 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bridge Hall Primary School cover?

Bridge Hall Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bridge Hall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bridge Hall Primary School?

Bridge Hall Primary School is at Cuddington Crescent, Bridge Hall, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 8LX.