Etchells Primary School
East Avenue, Heald Green, Cheadle, SK8 3DL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stuart Kelly
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 470
- Pupils on roll
- 397
- URN
- 106045
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614371792
About this school
Etchells Primary School is a community primary school in Cheadle. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 397 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
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- 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 | 61 | 64 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 64% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 9% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 75% | 92% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 72% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 81% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.50 | - | - |
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 Etchells 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 | 66% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 418 |
| 2023/24 | 412 |
| 2024/25 | 397 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Etchells Primary School compares
Etchells Primary School ranked 40th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 5.7% | 17.5% | 397 | — |
| Prospect Vale Primary School | 65% | 5.2% | 16.9% | 230 | 0.5 miles |
| Outwood Primary School | 66% | 6% | 31.2% | 202 | 0.6 miles |
| Bradshaw Hall Primary School | 90% | 4.2% | 12.6% | 472 | 0.6 miles |
| North Cheshire Jewish Primary School | 64% | 3.5% | 10.1% | 173 | 0.6 miles |
| Cheadle Catholic Infant School | — | 3.5% | 4.6% | 248 | 0.6 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.5%
- English as an additional language
- 29%
- Overall absence
- 5.74%
- Persistent absence
- 18.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prospect Vale Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Outwood Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Bradshaw Hall Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
North Cheshire Jewish Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Cheadle Catholic Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Cheadle
Other schools in Cheadle
Etchells Primary School ranks 10th of the 12 ranked primary 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
- 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
- Outwood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Etchells Primary School teach?
- Etchells Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Cheadle.
- Who is the headteacher of Etchells Primary School?
- The headteacher of Etchells Primary School is Mr Stuart Kelly, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Etchells Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Etchells 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 Etchells Primary School?
- Etchells Primary School has 397 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Etchells Primary School full?
- Etchells Primary School has capacity for 470 pupils and 397 on roll (84%), 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 Etchells Primary School a faith school?
- No. Etchells Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Etchells Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Etchells Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Etchells Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Etchells Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Etchells Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Etchells Primary School rank locally?
- Etchells Primary School ranked 40th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Etchells Primary School's absence rate?
- Etchells Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Etchells Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Etchells 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.