Queensgate Primary School
Albany Road, Stockport, SK7 1NE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs N Hitchcock
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 250
- Pupils on roll
- 254
- URN
- 106072
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614393330
About this school
Queensgate Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 254 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 38 | 48 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 71% | 92% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 16% | 31% |
| Expected standard in reading | 94% | 89% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 92% | 94% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 109.0 | 112.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 107.0 | 112.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.00 | - | - |
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 Queensgate 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 | 78% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 92% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 286 |
| 2023/24 | 280 |
| 2024/25 | 271 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queensgate Primary School compares
Queensgate Primary School ranked 2nd of 71 primary schools in Stockport for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 98% 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 | 92% | 3.3% | 4.9% | 254 | — |
| Moss Hey Primary School | 81% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 186 | 0.7 miles |
| Woodford Primary School | — | 2.8% | 0% | 149 | 0.8 miles |
| Lostock Hall Primary School | 89% | 3.8% | 8.8% | 197 | 0.9 miles |
| Pownall Green Primary School | 83% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 415 | 0.9 miles |
| Hursthead Infant School | — | 2.7% | 2.8% | 244 | 1.1 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)
- 4.9%
- English as an additional language
- 11.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.31%
- Persistent absence
- 3.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Moss Hey Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Woodford Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Lostock Hall Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Pownall Green Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Hursthead Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Cheadle
Other schools in Stockport
Queensgate Primary School ranks 2nd 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 Queensgate Primary School teach?
- Queensgate Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Queensgate Primary School?
- The headteacher of Queensgate Primary School is Mrs N Hitchcock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queensgate Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queensgate 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 Queensgate Primary School?
- Queensgate Primary School has 254 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Queensgate Primary School full?
- Queensgate Primary School has capacity for 250 pupils and 254 on roll (102%), so it is at or above 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 Queensgate Primary School a faith school?
- No. Queensgate Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Queensgate Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Queensgate Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Queensgate Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Queensgate Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Queensgate Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 92% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Queensgate Primary School rank locally?
- Queensgate Primary School ranked 2nd of 71 primary schools in Stockport for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 98% 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 Queensgate Primary School's absence rate?
- Queensgate Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queensgate Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queensgate 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.