Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Cheshire East
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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 |
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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 entry81 applications · 28 places offered · 25 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2025 2.6; Cheshire East median median 2.2
- 2024 2.5; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 2.6; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2022 2.8; Cheshire East median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2021 2.4; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Cheshire East median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Cheshire East median median 2.0; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Lower Park School (URN 111023), 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 | 28 | 81 | 2.9 | 25 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 40 | 102 | 2.6 | 31 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 * | 40 | 100 | 2.5 | 36 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 * | 40 | 102 | 2.6 | 56 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2022 * | 39 | 108 | 2.8 | 40 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2021 * | 39 | 95 | 2.4 | 40 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 * | 39 | 88 | 2.3 | 35 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 * | 40 | 79 | 2.0 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 40 | 86 | 2.2 | 47 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2017 * | 34 | 77 | 2.3 | 28 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 * | 39 | 83 | 2.1 | 35 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 31 | 68 | 2.2 | 24 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2014 * | 37 | 77 | 2.1 | 37 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lower Park SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.9applications per place
- 0.8 km · Cheshire EastGood20242.0applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Cheshire EastOutstanding20241.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Cheshire EastGood20243.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Cheshire East20263.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · StockportOutstanding2024
- 2.1 km · StockportOutstanding20245.0applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20253.8applications per place
- 2.3 km · Stockport20263.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151153 · 895/2152
- Trust
- Halliard Trust
- Capacity
- 280 pupils · 272 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- Lower Park School (URN 111023)
- Address
- Hazelbadge Road, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1HE
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources