Secondary applications close 31 October – compare your shortlist now

Bradshaw Hall Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 472 pupils Cheadle
Ofsted: Outstanding
All schools in Cheadle

Bradshaw Hall Primary School is a community school in Cheadle for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 472 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Bradshaw Hall Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024. In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Vernon Close
Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle
Cheshire
SK8 6AN
Phone 01612827858
Reference Number 131554

General Makeup

Number of pupils 472
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.12%
Girls: 47.88%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 11.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 33 30 63
2 35 27 62
3 38 28 66
4 36 27 63
5 32 28 60
6 22 38 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 55.7%
Pakistani 16.5%
Chinese 8.1%
Asian, Other 4%
Indian 3.6%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
White & Asian 3.2%
White, Other 1.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.7%
African 0.2%

Bradshaw Hall Primary School has achieved an outstanding rating across all key areas of its education provision, indicating significant improvement since its previous good inspection. The school fosters a highly positive environment where pupils demonstrate exemplary behavior and a strong commitment to learning. With a wide array of enrichment activities, strong leadership, and a well-designed curriculum, pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), thrive and are exceptionally well-prepared for future educational challenges.

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Early Years Provision Outstanding
Last Report Date 12 Mar 2024
Date Report
12 Mar 2024 School inspection:
20 Jul 2022 School inspection
25 Apr 2017 Short inspection
15 May 2012 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
30 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
05 Feb 2001 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Outstanding quality of education delivered across all year groups.
  • Exemplary pupil behavior and positive attitudes towards learning.
  • Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
  • Highly effective leadership and management team.
  • A wide range of high-quality enrichment activities available for all pupils.
  • Strong emphasis on nurturing pupils' talents and interests beyond the curriculum.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 90%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 23%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 112
Maths 113

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3
Writing 4.4
Maths 5

How many students meet the standards

Sample

Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Sample

Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Sample

Unlock
Unlock Premium

See how Bradshaw Hall Primary School ranks locally and nationally. Percentile rankings against every other school, historic result charts, admissions data and post-GCSE destinations are all included.

£9.99 one-off payment. Lifetime access, no subscription.

Unlock for £9.99

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 55 1
Third Preference 38 0
From another Local Authority 12 0

Previous years

Sample

Unlock

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Bradshaw Hall Primary School had 432 pupils for 420 places. That is 12 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Chealde Hulme Primary” planning area

Stockport counted 465 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 398 in 2029–30, down 14%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 313294294357378420420420420420420420420420420
Pupils 295309320351386396419430438434426429428422432
Unfilled 5.8%0.0%0.0%1.7%0.0%5.7%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Bradshaw Hall Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%3.2%2.9%3.0%3.4%2.5%2.4%3.3%4.1%3.6%3.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.4%0.4%0.5%0.6%0.7%0.4%1.0%1.3%1.1%1.0%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%

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, 1.1% of pupils at Bradshaw Hall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.30.30.60.30.50.20.00.20.01.10.00.00.00.01.12.1
Permanent exclusions 0000000000000000

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 Bradshaw Hall Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.811.812.212.011.010.911.811.611.711.811.410.610.410.410.610.7
Teachers who left state teaching 14.9%2.2%5.2%5.1%17.1%2.7%1.9%4.5%2.8%6.8%2.9%10.3%0.0%0.0%6.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 43.5%31.8%45.5%39.3%24.0%33.3%37.5%45.8%24.0%–29.2%84.6%80.0%52.0%50.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.21.21.61.20.51.70.71.01.1–2.04.14.01.62.6–

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, 12.1% of pupils at Bradshaw Hall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 14 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 24 10
Autistic spectrum disorder 7 10
Social, emotional and mental health 13 1
Specific learning difficulty 9 1
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Physical disability 0 2
Down's syndrome 0 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
Moderate learning difficulty 0 1
Severe learning difficulty 1 0

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 Bradshaw Hall Primary School received £6,231 and spent £6,241 for each of its 467 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £146,000 (£313 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £89,000£99,000£160,000£197,000£150,000£190,000£151,000£146,000
per pupil £196£219£363£435£329£423£325£313
In-year balance -£19,000£10,000£61,000£37,000-£47,000£40,000-£39,000-£5,000
per pupil -£41£22£139£81-£103£89-£84-£10

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

Name Distance
Cheadle Catholic Infant School
Conway Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6DB
0.32 miles
Cheadle Catholic Junior School
Conway Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6DB
0.32 miles
Greenbank Preparatory School
Heathbank Road, Cheadle, SK8 6HU
0.43 miles
Etchells Primary School
East Avenue, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3DL
0.59 miles
Cheadle Hulme Primary School
Cheadle Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5GB
0.6 miles
Oak Tree Primary School
Queens Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, SK8 5HH
0.8 miles
Oakgrove School
Matlock Road, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3BU
0.84 miles
Outwood Primary School
Outwood Road, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3ND
0.87 miles
Lady Barn House School
0.88 miles
Thorn Grove Primary School
Woodstock Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 7LD
0.9 miles
North Cheshire Jewish Primary School
St Ann's Road North, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4RZ
0.97 miles
Prospect Vale Primary School
Prospect Vale, Off Brown Lane, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3RJ
1.08 miles
Lane End Primary School
Ramillies Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Cheshire, SK8 7AL
1.11 miles
Bolshaw Primary School
Cross Road, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3LW
1.17 miles
Hursthead Junior School
Kirkstead Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 7PZ
1.24 miles
Hursthead Infant School
Kirkstead Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 7PZ
1.27 miles
Lum Head Primary School
Troutbeck Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4RR
1.29 miles
Ladybridge Primary School
Councillor Lane, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 2JF
1.34 miles
Meadowbank Primary School
Councillor Lane, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 2LE
1.4 miles
Handforth Grange Primary School
Ullswater Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 3NG
1.52 miles
Name Distance
Cheadle Hulme School
Claremont Road, Cheadle, SK8 6EF
0.54 miles
Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle Road, Cheadle, SK8 5GB
0.62 miles
North West Hospital School
100 Wilmslow Road, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3DG
0.69 miles
Inscape House School
Together Trust Campus, Schools Hill, Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, SK8 1JE
0.81 miles
Royal School, Manchester
Stanley Road, Cheadle Hulme, STOCKPORT, Cheshire, SK8 6RQ
0.88 miles
St James' Catholic High School
St James Way, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6PZ
0.9 miles
Pear Tree Specialist Support High School
Worcester Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK8 5NW
0.95 miles
Cheadle Hulme High School
Woods Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 7JY
0.95 miles
Willow House School
120 Stanley Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester, SK8 6RF
0.98 miles
The Kingsway School
Foxland Road, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4QX
1.34 miles
Stockport Academy
Heathbank Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 0UP
2.1 miles
Bramhall High School
Seal Road, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 2JT
2.21 miles
Aurora Summerfields School
Village Way, Wilmslow, SK9 2GH
2.49 miles
Parrs Wood High School
Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 5PG
2.51 miles
Hulme Hall Grammar School
Beech Avenue, Stockport, SK3 8HA
2.58 miles
Brinksway School
Yew Street, Stockport, SK4 2HG
2.67 miles
Manchester Enterprise Academy
Simonsway, Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, M22 9RH
2.77 miles
Stockport Grammar School
Buxton Road, Stockport, SK2 7AF
2.88 miles
Hazel Grove High School
Jacksons Lane, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 5JX
2.9 miles
Progress Schools - Stockport
Belgrave House, 211 Chestergate, Stockport, SK3 0AN
2.91 miles

All schools in Cheadle · Stockport local authority: places and applications

What is Bradshaw Hall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bradshaw Hall Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Bradshaw Hall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bradshaw Hall Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Bradshaw Hall Primary School have?

Bradshaw Hall Primary School has 472 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bradshaw Hall Primary School cover?

Bradshaw Hall Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bradshaw Hall Primary School?

Bradshaw Hall Primary School is at Vernon Close, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6AN.

Filters

Basics

Age Range

Special Schools

Independent Schools

Faith Schools

Key Stage 2 Attainment

Students Meeting expected standard

Unlock Premium to filter by results - £9.99 one-off, lifetime access.

Unlock for £9.99

Students Meeting higher standard

Unlock Premium to filter by results - £9.99 one-off, lifetime access.

Unlock for £9.99

GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Unlock Premium to filter by results - £9.99 one-off, lifetime access.

Unlock for £9.99

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

Unlock Premium to filter by results - £9.99 one-off, lifetime access.

Unlock for £9.99