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St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 355 pupils Stockport
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is an academy converter in Stockport for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 355 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in December 2024 of its predecessor, St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stockport. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 27.5 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: May 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Didsbury Road
Stockport
Cheshire
SK4 3JH
Reference Number 151683

General Makeup

Number of pupils 355
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.11%
Girls: 47.89%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 13.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 16 41
2 21 25 46
3 32 19 51
4 27 30 57
5 31 29 60
6 29 29 58

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 69.9%
Irish 6.8%
Mixed, Other 3.9%
White, Other 2.5%
Asian, Other 2.5%
Unclassified 2.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
African 1.7%
Indian 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Caribbean 0.8%
White & Asian 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stockport, inspected in December 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
08 May 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 1
Third Preference 25 0
From another Local Authority 3 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy had 370 pupils for 420 places. 50 places (11.9%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Heaton Primary” planning area

Stockport counted 400 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 359 in 2029–30, down 10%.

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 St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy had 27.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 15.4
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, 12.7% of pupils at St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 12 6
Moderate learning difficulty 14 0
Social, emotional and mental health 12 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 3
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Hearing impairment 2 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 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.

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What is St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in December 2024 of its predecessor, St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stockport.

When was St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy have?

St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy has 355 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy cover?

St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy?

St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is at Didsbury Road, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 3JH.

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