Vernon Park Primary School
Peak Street, Stockport, SK1 2NF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Lee
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Stockport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 355
- Pupils on roll
- 312
- URN
- 106082
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614804378
About this school
Vernon Park Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 312 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Vernon Park Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 42 | 45 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 38% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 53% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 58% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 60% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Vernon Park 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 | 38% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 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 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 339 |
| 2023/24 | 328 |
| 2024/25 | 326 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Vernon Park Primary School compares
Vernon Park Primary School ranked 68th 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 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39% | 6.1% | 25.9% | 312 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 53% | 5.5% | 35.1% | 101 | 0.4 miles |
| St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport | 33% | 8% | 50.7% | 149 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 68% | 5.4% | 71.1% | 90 | 0.6 miles |
| Banks Lane Infant School | — | 4.1% | 16.4% | 274 | 0.7 miles |
| Banks Lane Junior School | 71% | 4.2% | 21.8% | 358 | 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)
- 25.93%
- English as an additional language
- 16.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.09%
- Persistent absence
- 20.82%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Stockport
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St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport0.6 miles
Primary · Stockport
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St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Banks Lane Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Banks Lane Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
Vernon Park Primary School ranks 60th 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 ages does Vernon Park Primary School teach?
- Vernon Park Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Vernon Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of Vernon Park Primary School is Mrs Claire Lee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Vernon Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Vernon Park 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 many pupils are at Vernon Park Primary School?
- Vernon Park Primary School has 312 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Vernon Park Primary School full?
- Vernon Park Primary School has capacity for 355 pupils and 312 on roll (88%), 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 Vernon Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Vernon Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Vernon Park Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Vernon Park Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Vernon Park Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Vernon Park Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Vernon Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% 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 Vernon Park Primary School compare with other schools in Stockport?
- Vernon Park Primary School ranked 68th 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 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Vernon Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Vernon Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Vernon Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Vernon Park 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.