Cheadle Heath Primary School

Cheadle Heath Primary School demonstrates strong overall performance, with a nurturing and inclusive environment that supports all pupils, particularly those with additional needs. The leadership team is ambitious and responsive, ensuring that pupils make good progress and are well prepared for their future endeavors. The school's safeguarding practices are robust, creating a safe and supportive atmosphere for all students. Parents and staff express high satisfaction with the school, highlighting the effective support provided for both academic and emotional needs. However, while many aspects of academic achievement are commendable, there are notable concerns regarding the development of pupils' writing skills, specifically in terms of handwriting and overall fluency. Despite achieving well in other areas, further attention is needed to ensure consistent improvement in writing across all grades. The school has the necessary mechanisms in place for monitoring and evaluation, promising an ongoing commitment to addressing these areas of development.

Strengths

• High levels of attendance and well-implemented attendance strategies
• Consistent and effective behavior management leading to a calm school atmosphere
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities
• Ambitious leadership focused on continuous improvement
• Rich personal development program with diverse extracurricular activities
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils fostering a sense of belonging

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent development of pupils' writing skills, particularly in handwriting
• Some variability in the quality of pupils' writing across subjects

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 Cheadle Heath Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Cheadle Heath 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 Cheadle Heath Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.9% 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, 15.2% of pupils at Cheadle Heath Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Cheadle Heath Primary School received £6,710 and spent £6,608 for each of its 344 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £147,000 (£429 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 Cheadle Heath Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cheadle Heath Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Cheadle Heath Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cheadle Heath Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Cheadle Heath Primary School have?

Cheadle Heath Primary School has 349 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cheadle Heath Primary School cover?

Cheadle Heath Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cheadle Heath Primary School?

Cheadle Heath Primary School is at Edgeley Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 0RJ.