Rose Hill Primary School, Stockport

Ofsted's report card from its 21 July 2026 inspection grades Rose Hill Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders place a high priority on attendance and punctuality."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious personal development programme that prepares pupils well for life beyond primary school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils are prepared well for the next stage of their education."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders regularly check pupils' learning across subjects and understand what is working well and what needs to improve."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have recently reviewed the early years curriculum and strengthened how well staff build children's knowledge and understanding over time."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders identify pupils' needs early."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and the areas that need further development."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further strengthen the curriculum in subjects beyond reading, writing and mathematics so that pupils build and remember important knowledge consistently across all subjects over time"; "Leaders should ensure that disadvantaged pupils benefit equally from the wider curriculum, so that they achieve as well across all subjects as they do in reading, writing and mathematics".

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils at Rose Hill Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 79% in Stockport and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 73% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 54 families put Rose Hill Primary School as their first choice and 113 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Rose Hill Primary School are All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple (0.7 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths); Ludworth Primary School (1 mile, Good, 83% reading, 89% maths); St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy (1 mile, Good, 83% reading, 87% maths); and Warren Wood Primary School (1.2 miles, Good, 60% reading, 55% maths).

Rose Hill Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

15.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 47 pupils (8.7%) received SEN support and 27 (5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Rose Hill Primary School has a SEN unit for moderate learning difficulties: 14 places, 17 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Rose Hill Marple Rail Station, about 220 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Drive, 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Rose Hill Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Rose Hill Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Rose Hill Primary School are Marple Hall School (0.6 miles) and Harrytown Catholic High School (1.7 miles).