Stockbridge Village Primary School

Stockbridge Village Primary School is performing well overall, rated as 'Good' across multiple domains. The school provides a welcoming and safe environment where pupils flourish, exhibiting exemplary behavior and a strong sense of community engagement. Notable strengths include strong relationships among pupils and staff, a well-structured curriculum, and effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, there are areas requiring attention, specifically regarding the clarity of knowledge objectives in some subjects and the alignment of reading books with pupils’ phonetic learning.

Strengths

• Pupils display exemplary behavior and well-mannered interactions.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and leadership opportunities for pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they achieve well.
• Ambitious and well-ordered curriculum that engages pupils.
• Strong relationships between adults and pupils create a harmonious learning environment.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, essential knowledge is not clearly identified for pupils.
• Some reading books do not match the sounds that pupils are learning.

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 Stockbridge Village Primary School attended 92.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.5% 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 Stockbridge Village 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 Stockbridge Village Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 28.0% of pupils at Stockbridge Village Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 Stockbridge Village Primary School received £9,250 and spent £8,916 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £65,000 (£320 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 Stockbridge Village Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stockbridge Village Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Stockbridge Village Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stockbridge Village Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Stockbridge Village Primary School have?

Stockbridge Village Primary School has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stockbridge Village Primary School cover?

Stockbridge Village Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 36% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stockbridge Village Primary School?

Stockbridge Village Primary School is at The Withens, Stockbridge Village, Merseyside, L28 1AB.