Cloverlea Primary School

Cloverlea Primary School is a happy, harmonious school where pupils are well cared for and positive relationships are evident. The October 2024 inspection found the school good across quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision, having previously been judged to require improvement. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. Since the previous inspection, the school has strengthened its curriculum and provides an ambitious, well-enriched offer. Reading and phonics are strong, pupils behave well, wider development opportunities are plentiful, and governance has improved. Staff workload has been considered, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly. Two main areas need further work. In a small number of subjects, staff are not clear enough about the essential knowledge pupils should remember, which limits how securely some pupils build knowledge. In addition, some staff do not consistently adapt their teaching for pupils with SEND, which can hinder those pupils’ access to learning.

Strengths

• Warm, caring and harmonious relationships across the school community
• Pupils behave well and follow established routines from Nursery
• Strong reading culture with a well-used library and reading ambassadors
• Effective phonics teaching with quick support for pupils who fall behind
• Ambitious curriculum enriched by trips and visits
• Knowledge is carefully sequenced in most subjects
• Early years provision develops language and communication well
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly
• Wide range of clubs and opportunities support pupils’ wider development
• Governance has been strengthened and is well informed
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Staff workload is considered and subject leaders are supported

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, staff lack clarity about the essential knowledge pupils should remember
• Some staff do not adapt curriculum delivery effectively for pupils with SEND

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 Cloverlea Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Cloverlea 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 Cloverlea Primary School had 25.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 11.0% of pupils at Cloverlea Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Cloverlea Primary School received £6,356 and spent £6,466 for each of its 219 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £36,000 (-£163 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 Cloverlea Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cloverlea Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Cloverlea Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cloverlea Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Cloverlea Primary School have?

Cloverlea Primary School has 228 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cloverlea Primary School cover?

Cloverlea Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cloverlea Primary School?

Cloverlea Primary School is at Green Lane North, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 7NQ.