Hursthead Junior School

Hursthead Junior School continues to be recognized as a good school, demonstrating a strong performance across various dimensions. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils enjoy attending and feel safe, supported by an effective leadership team that encourages high expectations both academically and behaviorally. Strong relationships among pupils and staff contribute to a nurturing atmosphere where pupils take on leadership roles and engage actively in their learning. The curriculum is well-structured, allowing pupils to build on prior knowledge and achieve good outcomes, particularly in reading and personal development initiatives, such as sports and mental health leadership.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy school and have opportunities for leadership roles.
• High expectations for pupil behavior and conduct.
• Effective support and curriculum for pupils with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and promoting equalities.
• Well-crafted and structured curriculum across subjects.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle to recall essential subject knowledge in certain 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 Hursthead Junior School attended 97.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.4% 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 Hursthead Junior 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 Hursthead Junior School had 19.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.6% 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, 10.5% of pupils at Hursthead Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 2024–25 Hursthead Junior School received £5,518 and spent £5,407 for each of its 361 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £203,000 (£562 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Hursthead Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hursthead Junior School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Hursthead Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hursthead Junior School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Hursthead Junior School have?

Hursthead Junior School has 354 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hursthead Junior School cover?

Hursthead Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Hursthead Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hursthead Junior School?

Hursthead Junior School is at Kirkstead Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 7PZ.