Bolshaw Primary School
Cross Road, Heald Green, Cheadle, SK8 3LW
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Bolshaw Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss L Brown
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 207
- URN
- 106029
- Local authority
- Stockport
About this school
Bolshaw Primary School was a community primary school in Cheadle. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 207 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Bolshaw 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 | 31 | 32 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 59% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 78% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 75% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 78% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Bolshaw 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 | 52% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 210 |
| 2023/24 | 210 |
| 2024/25 | 207 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bolshaw Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 5.1% | 8.7% | 207 | — |
| Bolshaw Primary School | — | — | — | 203 | 0.0 miles |
| Outwood Primary School | 66% | 6% | 31.2% | 202 | 0.4 miles |
| Etchells Primary School | 63% | 5.7% | 17.5% | 397 | 0.7 miles |
| Handforth Grange Primary School | 74% | 4% | 11.9% | 340 | 0.8 miles |
| Prospect Vale Primary School | 65% | 5.2% | 16.9% | 230 | 0.8 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)
- 8.7%
- English as an additional language
- 23.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.14%
- Persistent absence
- 10.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bolshaw Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Outwood Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Etchells Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Handforth Grange Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wilmslow
-
Prospect Vale Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Cheadle
Other schools in Cheadle
- Bolshaw Primary School Primary
- Bradshaw Hall Primary School Primary
- Cheadle Catholic Infant School Primary
- Cheadle Catholic Junior School Primary
- Cheadle Village Primary School Primary
- Etchells Primary School Primary
- Hursthead Infant School Primary
- Hursthead Junior School Primary
- Ladybridge Primary School Primary
- Lum Head Primary School Primary
- Meadowbank Primary School Primary
- North Cheshire Jewish Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bolshaw Primary School teach?
- Bolshaw Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Cheadle.
- Has Bolshaw Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Bolshaw 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 many pupils are at Bolshaw Primary School?
- Bolshaw Primary School had 207 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Bolshaw Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Bolshaw Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bolshaw 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 7 July 2025.