Cheadle Catholic Infant School, Cheadle
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at teaching children to read through expert phonics instruction and carefully chosen books. Staff create a nurturing, ambitious environment where pupils feel happy, safe and confident to learn from their mistakes. The school celebrates diversity and provides strong pastoral care with opportunities for pupils to help others and develop as rounded individuals.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with expert phonics teaching and well-matched books for pupils - helps them read with accuracy and fluency
- Ambitious, well-designed curriculum that helps pupils build on previous knowledge and develop resilience
- Effective systems to identify and support pupils with special educational needs quickly and accurately
- Good behaviour and respectful attitudes throughout the school - pupils help and look after each other
- Strong pastoral care and personal development opportunities including the 'time-to-shine' curriculum
Areas for Improvement
- Staff do not always identify pupils' misconceptions quickly enough in some subjects, which prevents some pupils from learning as deeply as they could
- Some pupils lack sufficient understanding of religions, faiths and cultures different to their own, limiting their readiness for modern diverse Britain
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective with a secure culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Time-to-shine curriculum enrichment activities, before- and after-school club, reading areas for pleasure
Cheadle Catholic Infant School is judged as Good overall, with pupils arriving excited to learn and feeling happy and safe. The school has an ambitious curriculum with strong phonics teaching and good support for pupils with additional needs.
At a Glance
6.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
25.7
Avg class size
26.0
Infant (KS1)
6
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
80%
Available places
248 pupils
310 capacity
62 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Cheadle
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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
3.45756%
Overall absence
2.7027%
Persistent absence
148
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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