Adswood Primary School
Garners Lane, Adswood, Stockport, SK3 8PQ
This school is closed (it closed in February 2026).
It was replaced by Adswood Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Smart
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stockport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 305
- URN
- 106024
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
About this school
Adswood Primary School was a community primary school in Stockport. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 305 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Adswood Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 47 | 44 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 52% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 45% | 59% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% | 75% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 73% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Adswood Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stockport average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 331 |
| 2023/24 | 319 |
| 2024/25 | 305 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Adswood Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 6.4% | 63% | 305 | — |
| Adswood Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| St Ambrose Catholic Primary School | 45% | 5.8% | 44.6% | 178 | 0.1 miles |
| Bridge Hall Primary School | 54% | 6.8% | 66.3% | 167 | 0.3 miles |
| Cale Green Primary School | 62% | 5% | 30.9% | 329 | 0.6 miles |
| St George's Church of England Primary School | 70% | 6% | 30.9% | 300 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 63.04%
- English as an additional language
- 15.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.39%
- Persistent absence
- 18.33%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Adswood Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
St Ambrose Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Bridge Hall Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Cale Green Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stockport
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St George's Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
- Abingdon Primary School Primary
- Adswood Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Park Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Stockport Primary
- Arden Primary School Primary
- Banks Lane Infant School Primary
- Banks Lane Junior School Primary
- Bredbury Green Primary School Primary
- Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School Primary
- Bridge Hall Primary School Primary
- Broadstone Hall Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Adswood Primary School teach?
- Adswood Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Stockport.
- Has Adswood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Adswood Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Adswood Primary School?
- Adswood Primary School had 305 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Adswood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Adswood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Adswood Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.