Moss Hey Primary School
Eskdale Avenue, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 1DS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elise Messham
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 186
- URN
- 106090
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614395114
About this school
Moss Hey Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 186 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Moss Hey 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. 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
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 30 | 33 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 82% | 81% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 18% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 91% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 88% | 94% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 85% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| 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 Moss Hey 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 | 60% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 81% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 215 |
| 2023/24 | 207 |
| 2024/25 | 195 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moss Hey Primary School compares
Moss Hey Primary School ranked 13th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% 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 | 81% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 186 | — |
| Hursthead Infant School | — | 2.7% | 2.8% | 244 | 0.4 miles |
| Hursthead Junior School | 76% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 354 | 0.5 miles |
| Queensgate Primary School | 92% | 3.3% | 4.9% | 254 | 0.7 miles |
| Thorn Grove Primary School | 79% | 3.4% | 19.1% | 214 | 0.7 miles |
| Pownall Green Primary School | 83% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 415 | 0.9 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 report13 January 2026
- 29 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 3.08%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.32%
- Persistent absence
- 3.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hursthead Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Hursthead Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Queensgate Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Thorn Grove Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Pownall Green Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
Moss Hey Primary School ranks 13th 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 Moss Hey Primary School teach?
- Moss Hey Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Moss Hey Primary School?
- The headteacher of Moss Hey Primary School is Mrs Elise Messham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Moss Hey Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moss Hey 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 Moss Hey Primary School?
- Moss Hey Primary School has 186 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Moss Hey Primary School full?
- Moss Hey Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 186 on roll (89%), 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 Moss Hey Primary School a faith school?
- No. Moss Hey Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Moss Hey Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Moss Hey Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Moss Hey Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 81% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moss Hey Primary School compare with other schools in Stockport?
- Moss Hey Primary School ranked 13th of 71 primary schools in Stockport for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% 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 Moss Hey Primary School's absence rate?
- Moss Hey 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 Moss Hey Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moss Hey 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.