Abingdon Primary School, Stockport
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Abingdon Primary School provides a supportive, inclusive learning environment where pupils feel safe and valued as part of the 'Abingdon family'. Teachers create engaging, well-planned activities that help children progress well from their starting points, with particular success in mathematics and reading. The school combines academic learning with creative enrichment activities and works hard to support all pupils, including disadvantaged learners.
Key Strengths
- Mathematics teaching is a particular strength with specialist support for identified pupils
- Reading skills have improved significantly with good comprehension and fluency across the school
- Strong leadership and accurate tracking of pupil progress with effective improvement plans
- Pupils have positive attitudes and behaviour, with calm and purposeful learning in lessons
- Creative curriculum approaches like 'super learning weeks' enthuse children in their learning
Areas for Improvement
- More pupils in key stage 2 need to achieve the highest standards in writing despite recent improvements
- School attendance is above national average and persistent absence needs to decrease
- Further embedding of writing teaching changes needed to sustain progress
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with a strong culture of safeguarding established, regular checks on records, up-to-date staff training, and effective collaboration with agencies to support pupils and families.
Extracurricular Activities
Super learning weeks (art week and other focused subject weeks)
Abingdon Primary School continues to be good. The leadership team has maintained good quality education since the last inspection, with particular strengths in mathematics teaching and recent improvements in reading outcomes.
At a Glance
45.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 67% to 61%. Maths has remained stable at around 45%. Writing has declined from 63% to 41%.
Class Sizes
24.9
Avg class size
23.0
Infant (KS1)
26.2
KS2
10
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
73%
Available places
231 pupils
315 capacity
84 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Stockport
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Admissions Demand - Stockport
Places available
3,743
Applications
2,960
Got 1st preference
94.4%
Got preferred school
99.4%
Primary admissions across Stockport (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.2714%
Overall absence
14.40329%
Persistent absence
243
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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