Etchells Primary School

Community school·Primary school Cheadle, Stockport·SK8 3DL
Composite score
46.8
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#8,492
National rank
#1212
In North West
#46
In Stockport
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 27/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
123
any preference, for 50 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Etchells Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
397
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
29.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,777
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Etchells Primary School is a primary school serving Cheadle, Stockport, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 397 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Etchells Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 23.2 pupils per teacher. Etchells Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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