Adswood Primary School, Stockport
Adswood Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Stockport, part of Victorious Academies Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Stockport (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Adswood Primary School in detail
Adswood Primary School in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care, from £10 per session.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
Adswood Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 106024), 73% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Adswood Primary School
Across Stockport, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Stockport lodged 51 appeals against primary school offers; 33 reached a hearing and none succeeded.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Adswood Primary School are St Ambrose Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 68% reading, 48% maths); Bridge Hall Primary School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 64% reading, 64% maths); Cale Green Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 73% reading, 76% maths); and St George's Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, 91% reading, 86% maths).
St Ambrose Catholic Primary SchoolBridge Hall Primary SchoolCale Green Primary SchoolSt George's Church of England Primary School
The trust
Adswood Primary School is one of 15 schools run by Victorious Academies Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Davenport Rail Station, about 860 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rostrevor Road (near), 100 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Adswood Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Adswood Primary School are Stockport Academy (1 mile) and Stockport School (1.1 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Adswood Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in March 2026. Before that, as Adswood Primary School (URN 106024), it was rated Good in June 2015.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Adswood Primary School before it took its current form in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 106024). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 59% to 73% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 75% to 70% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 66% to 59% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Adswood Primary School
Before and after school care
Adswood Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Stockport
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Adswood Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Adswood Primary School is in Stockport; for families living there:
Apply to Stockport for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 5
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 8 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Stockport is 8 (the median across 135 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Adswood Primary School before it took its current form in 2026
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 106024). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 33 | 71 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 24 | 20 | 59 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29 | 27 | 47 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 54 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 28 | 24 | 49 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 43 | 41 | 60 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 43 | 38 | 58 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 44 | 45 | 70 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 44 | 50 | 73 | 1.1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 45 | 46 | 71 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 44 | 47 | 86 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 43 | 42 | 74 | 1.0 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Stockport
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Stockport
Across Stockport council
Places available
3,643
Applications
2,886
Got 1st preference
94.1%
Got preferred school
99.3%
All primary applications across Stockport council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Adswood Primary School before it took its current form in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 106024). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
6.4%
Overall absence
18.3%
Persistent absence
251
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Adswood Primary School
Questions parents ask about Adswood Primary School
Are there exam results for Adswood Primary School?
Adswood Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 106024), 73% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Adswood Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Adswood Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in March 2026. Before that, as Adswood Primary School (URN 106024), it was rated Good in June 2015.
What is the catchment area for Adswood Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Adswood Primary School is oversubscribed, Stockport allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Adswood Primary School?
Apply through Stockport's coordinated admissions process, naming Adswood Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Adswood Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Adswood Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.
How many road collisions happen near Adswood Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 5 serious and 8 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Stockport is 8 (the median across 135 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Adswood Primary School?
Adswood Primary School is at Garners Lane, Adswood, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 8PQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)