Etchells Primary School, Cheadle
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Etchells Primary has made positive strides in creating a warm, welcoming environment where pupils feel happy and secure. The new marking and feedback policy is helping children understand how to improve their work. However, the school needs to focus on making the curriculum more challenging and ensuring all pupils, particularly at Key Stage 2, receive tasks matched to their ability level.
Key Strengths
- New marking and feedback policy is helping pupils improve their work
- Pupils feel happy, secure and positive about the school
- Governors are becoming more rigorous and determined to embrace change
- School has developed revised lesson observation tools and self-evaluation processes
- Pupils report enjoying the school atmosphere
Areas for Improvement
- Action plans focus on monitoring rather than specific classroom improvements
- Teaching strategies remain weak - teachers do too much talking in lessons
- Pupils receive the same tasks in topic work despite different ability levels
- Work is not challenging enough for pupils, only occasionally difficult
- Subject leader files lack quality support and contain outdated documentation
- External monitoring is needed as school's self-evaluation was over optimistic
Etchells Primary School was judged to require improvement in April 2013. This monitoring inspection found that while the school has developed action plans to address weaknesses, these have not yet been effectively implemented in classrooms to improve teaching and pupil outcomes.
At a Glance
21.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 75% to 92%. Maths has improved from 72% to 84%. Writing has declined from 86% to 70%.
Class Sizes
29.4
Avg class size
27.5
Infant (KS1)
28.8
KS2
13
Total classes
5 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
84%
Available places
397 pupils
470 capacity
73 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Cheadle
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Cheadle
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)
Inspection History(11)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.73984%
Overall absence
18.49711%
Persistent absence
346
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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