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Bolshaw Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 203 pupils Cheadle
Ofsted: Good
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Bolshaw Primary School is an academy converter in Cheadle for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 203 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Bolshaw Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, Bolshaw Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: February 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Cross Road
Heald Green
Cheadle
Cheshire
SK8 3LW
Reference Number 151152

General Makeup

Number of pupils 203
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.75%
Girls: 50.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 23.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 12 30
2 10 17 27
3 13 13 26
4 19 12 31
5 13 16 29
6 9 21 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 55.2%
Pakistani 18.7%
Unclassified 10.3%
Mixed, Other 3.9%
White & Asian 2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.5%
Asian, Other 1%
White, Other 0.5%
Irish 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Bolshaw Primary School, inspected in October 2022.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
07 Feb 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 29 2
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 23 4

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Bolshaw Primary School had 204 pupils for 210 places. 6 places (2.9%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Kingsway Primary” planning area

Stockport counted 321 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 379 in 2029–30, up 18%.

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 2025–26 Bolshaw Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 13.4
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 10.3% of pupils at Bolshaw Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 7 1
Social, emotional and mental health 6 2
Speech, language and communication needs 6 2
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 1

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.

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Bolshaw Primary School is part of The Honeycomb Education Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

What is Bolshaw Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bolshaw Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022 of its predecessor, Bolshaw Primary School.

When was Bolshaw Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bolshaw Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Bolshaw Primary School have?

Bolshaw Primary School has 203 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bolshaw Primary School cover?

Bolshaw Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Bolshaw Primary School?

Bolshaw Primary School is at Cross Road, Heald Green, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 3LW.

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