Abingdon Primary School
Abingdon Road, Reddish, Stockport, SK5 7ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Spendlow
- Constituency
- Stockport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 231
- URN
- 106074
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614804531
About this school
Abingdon Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 231 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
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 52 | 48 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 37% | 42% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 67% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 48% | 45% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 52% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 106.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 Abingdon 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 | 37% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 295 |
| 2023/24 | 278 |
| 2024/25 | 249 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Abingdon Primary School compares
Abingdon Primary School ranked 67th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39% | 5.3% | 43.8% | 231 | — |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 69% | 4.6% | 22% | 180 | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy | 85% | 5% | 32% | 457 | 0.4 miles |
| St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary | 55% | 6.4% | 32.1% | 227 | 0.5 miles |
| Broadstone Hall Primary School | 69% | 4.7% | 26.1% | 503 | 0.6 miles |
| Vale View Primary School | 47% | 8.3% | 47.8% | 408 | 0.7 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)
- 43.78%
- English as an additional language
- 16.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.27%
- Persistent absence
- 14.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Mary's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Stockport
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St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Stockport
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St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Broadstone Hall Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Vale View Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
Abingdon Primary School ranks 59th of the 63 ranked primary schools in Stockport.
- 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
- Brookside Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Abingdon Primary School teach?
- Abingdon Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Abingdon Primary School?
- The headteacher of Abingdon Primary School is Mrs Samantha Spendlow, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Abingdon Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Abingdon 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 Abingdon Primary School?
- Abingdon Primary School has 231 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Abingdon Primary School full?
- Abingdon Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 231 on roll (73%), 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 Abingdon Primary School a faith school?
- No. Abingdon Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Abingdon Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Abingdon Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Abingdon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 37% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Abingdon Primary School rank locally?
- Abingdon Primary School ranked 67th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Abingdon Primary School's absence rate?
- Abingdon Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Abingdon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abingdon 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.