Pinfold Primary School
Hattersley Road East, Hattersley, Hyde, SK14 3NL
This school is closed (it closed in February 2025).
It was replaced by Pinfold Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Hughes
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 378
- URN
- 106181
- Local authority
- Tameside
About this school
Pinfold Primary School was a community primary school in Hyde. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 378 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Pinfold Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 45 | 59 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 66% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 91% | 80% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 80% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 80% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - | - |
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 Pinfold 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 | Tameside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 69% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 396 |
| 2023/24 | 400 |
| 2024/25 | 378 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pinfold Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 53% 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 | 65% | 6% | 55.5% | 378 | — |
| Pinfold Primary School | — | — | — | 376 | 0.0 miles |
| St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 207 | 0.3 miles |
| Arundale Primary School | — | — | — | 203 | 0.6 miles |
| Discovery Academy | 60% | 5% | 37.7% | 211 | 0.6 miles |
| Broadbottom Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.6 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)
- 55.49%
- English as an additional language
- 10.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.02%
- Persistent absence
- 17.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pinfold Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Hyde
-
St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Hyde
-
Arundale Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Hyde
-
Discovery Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Hyde
-
Broadbottom Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Hyde
Other schools in Hyde
- Arundale Primary School Primary
- Bradley Green Primary Academy Primary
- Broadbottom Church of England Primary School Primary
- Discovery Academy Primary
- Dowson Primary Academy Primary
- Endeavour Primary Academy Primary
- Flowery Field Primary School Primary
- Gee Cross Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
- Godley Community Primary Academy Primary
- Hollingworth Primary School Primary
- Mottram CofE Primary School Primary
- Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Pinfold Primary School teach?
- Pinfold Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Hyde.
- Has Pinfold Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Pinfold Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Pinfold Primary School?
- Pinfold Primary School had 378 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Pinfold Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Pinfold Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pinfold 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 7 July 2025.