Cale Green Primary School
Shaw Road South, Shaw Heath, Stockport, SK3 8JG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs S McHugh
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stockport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 340
- Pupils on roll
- 329
- URN
- 106091
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614802715
About this school
Cale Green Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 329 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
- Strong 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 | 42 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 44% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 67% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 47% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 64% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
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 Cale Green 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 | 44% | 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 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 340 |
| 2023/24 | 340 |
| 2024/25 | 337 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cale Green Primary School compares
Cale Green Primary School ranked 42nd of 71 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 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5% | 30.9% | 329 | — |
| St George's Church of England Primary School | 70% | 6% | 30.9% | 300 | 0.3 miles |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | 83% | 5.9% | 36.5% | 157 | 0.4 miles |
| St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport | 33% | 8% | 50.7% | 149 | 0.5 miles |
| St Ambrose Catholic Primary School | 45% | 5.8% | 44.6% | 178 | 0.5 miles |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary School | 19% | 7.5% | 49.7% | 201 | 0.5 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.94%
- English as an additional language
- 35%
- Overall absence
- 5.01%
- Persistent absence
- 10.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St George's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Stockport
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Our Lady's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport0.5 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
St Ambrose Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
St Matthew's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
Cale Green Primary School ranks 35th 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 Cale Green Primary School teach?
- Cale Green Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Cale Green Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cale Green Primary School is Mrs S McHugh, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cale Green Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cale Green 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 Cale Green Primary School?
- Cale Green Primary School has 329 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cale Green Primary School full?
- Cale Green Primary School has capacity for 340 pupils and 329 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 Cale Green Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cale Green Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cale Green Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cale Green Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cale Green 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 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 Cale Green Primary School rank locally?
- Cale Green Primary School ranked 42nd of 71 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 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cale Green Primary School's absence rate?
- Cale Green Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cale Green Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cale Green 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.