Outwood Primary School, Cheadle
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Outwood Primary School excels at creating an inclusive, welcoming environment where every child is recognised and supported. Teaching is consistently good with outstanding care for individual needs, particularly for pupils with additional requirements. The school has strong partnerships with local and international schools, providing rich enrichment opportunities that support excellent spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding behaviour and safety - pupils feel extremely safe and well-cared for
- Early Years Foundation Stage is a strength with children rapidly developing a love of learning
- Consistently good teaching with increasing amounts of outstanding practice, supported by excellent care for individual needs
- Rich and vibrant curriculum that provides exceptionally well for pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
- Strong leadership from senior leaders and governors shared by all staff, driving improvements in teaching and progress
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils do not have enough opportunities to apply their mathematical skills in other subjects
- Middle leaders are not fully involved in checking that all groups of pupils achieve the best they can
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils and parents overwhelmingly agree that pupils feel extremely safe and well-cared for in school.
Extracurricular Activities
Before- and after-school care, breakfast club provision, trips (Spain trip mentioned), partnerships with local and international schools
Outwood Primary School is a good school that is very welcoming to all pupils and fully lives out its vision of recognising every child as unique. From their starting points, all groups of pupils make at least good progress in their learning, with standards at the end of Year 6 broadly in line with the national average.
At a Glance
29.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 81% to 88%. Maths has improved from 84% to 88%. Writing has remained stable at around 69%.
Class Sizes
23.9
Avg class size
20.3
Infant (KS1)
28.0
KS2
8
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
96%
Near capacity
202 pupils
210 capacity
8 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
5.974%
Overall absence
16.27907%
Persistent absence
172
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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