Greave Primary School
Werneth Road, Woodley, Stockport, SK6 1HR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennie Williams
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 355
- Pupils on roll
- 346
- URN
- 106050
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614306318
About this school
Greave Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 346 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
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- 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 | 45 | 42 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 43% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 76% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 62% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 64% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Greave 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 | 53% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 338 |
| 2023/24 | 352 |
| 2024/25 | 357 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Greave Primary School compares
Greave Primary School ranked 41st of 69 primary schools in Stockport for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 3.9% | 10.4% | 346 | — |
| Woodley Primary School | 53% | 5.3% | 11.8% | 384 | 0.4 miles |
| Romiley Primary School | — | — | — | 454 | 0.6 miles |
| Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School | 47% | 5.4% | 50% | 164 | 0.8 miles |
| St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 201 | 1.0 miles |
| Dowson Primary Academy | 69% | 3.7% | 27% | 477 | 1.2 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 report16 June 2026
- 6 July 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.44%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.87%
- Persistent absence
- 8.12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodley Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Romiley Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Dowson Primary Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Hyde
Other schools in Stockport
Greave Primary School ranks 34th of the 61 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
- Bramhall Park Primary School Primary
- Bredbury Green Primary School Primary
- Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School Primary
- Bridge Hall Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Greave Primary School teach?
- Greave Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Greave Primary School?
- The headteacher of Greave Primary School is Mrs Jennie Williams, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Greave Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Greave 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 Greave Primary School?
- Greave Primary School has 346 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Greave Primary School full?
- Greave Primary School has capacity for 355 pupils and 346 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Greave Primary School a faith school?
- No. Greave Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Greave Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Greave Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Greave Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Greave Primary School rank locally?
- Greave Primary School ranked 41st of 69 primary schools in Stockport for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Greave Primary School's absence rate?
- Greave Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Greave Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greave 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 13 August 2026.