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Thorn Grove Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 214Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 106079URN

Woodstock Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK8 7LD · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Thorn Grove Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMay 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
close to Stockport median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Stockport

78 applications for 28 places · 39th of 72 in Stockport
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
79%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMay 2015
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2024

Inspection history

  1. 24 July 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 13 May 2015
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.8applications per place, Reception
close to Stockport median (3.0) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

78 applications · 28 places offered · 23 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Stockport median median 3.0
  2. 2025 4.6; Stockport median median 2.9
  3. 2024 4.7; Stockport median median 2.9
  4. 2023 5.1; Stockport median median 2.4
  5. 2022 4.1; Stockport median median 2.3
  6. 2021 3.2; Stockport median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.7; Stockport median median 2.2
  8. 2019 4.6; Stockport median median 2.4
  9. 2018 4.0; Stockport median median 2.3
  10. 2017 3.9; Stockport median median 2.4
  11. 2016 4.0; Stockport median median 2.4
  12. 2015 3.9; Stockport median median 2.4
  13. 2014 2.9; Stockport median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Stockport median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Stockport median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202628782.8230.82
Sep 202520924.6201.00
Sep 202418854.7181.00
Sep 202313665.1131.00
Sep 202220814.1190.95
Sep 202130953.2260.87
Sep 202021773.7170.81
Sep 201920924.6190.95
Sep 2018301214.0250.83
Sep 2017281103.9291.04
Sep 2016301194.0341.13
Sep 201521823.9170.81
Sep 201430862.9190.63

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 86% · Maths 83% → all three 79% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard79%15th of 69 in Stockport
Reading
Expected standard86%
Higher standard55%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard86%
Greater depth21%
Maths
Expected standard83%
Higher standard45%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Stockport median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2579%17%108107
2023/2479%6%108108
2022/2373%15%107106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
106079 · 356/2087
Capacity
250 pupils · 214 on roll
Free school meals
16.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Woodstock Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK8 7LD
Local authority
Stockport

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources