Brookside Primary School
Ashbourne Drive, High Lane, Stockport, SK6 8DB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Rick Tavernor
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 130
- URN
- 106036
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01663763943
About this school
Brookside Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 130 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 50% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 4% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 57% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 64% | 54% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 61% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| 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 Brookside 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 | 48% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 178 |
| 2023/24 | 159 |
| 2024/25 | 140 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brookside Primary School compares
Brookside Primary School ranked 64th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 3.4% | 11.4% | 130 | — |
| High Lane Primary School | — | — | — | 164 | 0.4 miles |
| Disley Primary School | 75% | 3.9% | 4.8% | 285 | 1.4 miles |
| Hague Bar Primary School | 40% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 50 | 1.8 miles |
| Torkington Primary School | 90% | 3.3% | 5.7% | 233 | 1.8 miles |
| Worth Primary School | 65% | 3.5% | 6.8% | 197 | 2.0 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 28 March 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.43%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
- Overall absence
- 3.37%
- Persistent absence
- 6.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
High Lane Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Disley Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Hague Bar Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · High Peak
-
Torkington Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Worth Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Poynton
Other schools in Stockport
Brookside Primary School ranks 56th of the 63 ranked primary 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 Brookside Primary School teach?
- Brookside Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Brookside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brookside Primary School is Mr Rick Tavernor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brookside Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brookside Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Brookside Primary School?
- Brookside Primary School has 130 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Brookside Primary School full?
- Brookside Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 130 on roll (62%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brookside Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brookside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brookside Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Brookside Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Brookside Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Brookside Primary School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Brookside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Brookside Primary School rank locally?
- Brookside Primary School ranked 64th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brookside Primary School's absence rate?
- Brookside Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brookside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brookside 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.