Academy sponsor led · Tameside

St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge

4–11Ages
190Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
143551URN

Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, SK15 2PT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

0.5 above Tameside median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Tameside

55 applications for 24 places · 14th of 66 in Tameside

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

76%met the expected standard

Tameside 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

The graded inspection, 28 January 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

19 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
28 January 2020
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

2.3applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Tameside median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

55 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.3; Tameside median median 1.8
2025 2.4; Tameside median median 1.9
2024 2.3; Tameside median median 2.0
2023 2.4; Tameside median median 1.9
2022 2.3; Tameside median median 1.9
2021 2.9; Tameside median median 1.9
2020 2.4; Tameside median median 2.1
2019 2.5; Tameside median median 2.2
2018 2.4; Tameside median median 2.2
2017 2.5; Tameside median median 2.2
2016 2.1; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
2015 3.2; Tameside median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 3.4; Tameside median median 2.7; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Tameside median in 10 of 10 years.

This school
Tameside median

Dashed bars: as St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge (URN 106233), the previous school.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	24	55	2.3	24	1.00
Sep 2025	22	52	2.4	21	0.95
Sep 2024	30	68	2.3	31	1.03
Sep 2023	24	58	2.4	22	0.92
Sep 2022	28	65	2.3	24	0.86
Sep 2021	24	69	2.9	20	0.83
Sep 2020	30	72	2.4	31	1.03
Sep 2019	31	77	2.5	28	0.90
Sep 2018	33	79	2.4	29	0.88
Sep 2017	42	103	2.5	37	0.88
Sep 2016 *	45	94	2.1	34	0.76
Sep 2015 *	45	142	3.2	47	1.04
Sep 2014 *	45	154	3.4	46	1.02

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% → all three 76% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%7th of 58 in Tameside

Tameside 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard82%

Tameside 77% England 78%

Higher standard30%

Tameside 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Tameside 72% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Tameside 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Tameside 77% England 77%

Higher standard15%

Tameside 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Tameside median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	76%	6%	105	104
2023/24	49%	3%	104	103
2022/23	50%	3%	103	101

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

St Paul's CofE Primary School, StalybridgeThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Wild Bank Primary School
0.6 km · Tameside

Requires improvement2024

1.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
0.8 km · Tameside

Good2023

2.2applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School
1.1 km · Tameside

Not yet inspected
Dixons Silver Springs Primary
1.2 km · Tameside

Good2022

1.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Arlies Primary School
1.5 km · Tameside

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Stalyhill Junior School
1.6 km · Tameside

Remains Good2024

65%met the SATs standard
St Raphael's Catholic Primary School
1.7 km · Tameside

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery
1.7 km · Tameside

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143551 · 357/2015
Trust: Chester Diocesan Academies Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 255 pupils · 190 on roll
Free school meals: 33.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 March 2017
Replaced: St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge (URN 106233)
Address: Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, SK15 2PT
Local authority: Tameside

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