Cheadle Primary School
The Avenue, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1EN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynne Pickles
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 312
- URN
- 124076
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01538714890
About this school
Cheadle Primary School is a community primary school in Stoke-on-Trent. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 312 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cheadle 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
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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 56 | 58 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 41% | 53% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 71% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | 67% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 74% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - | - |
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 Cheadle 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 365 |
| 2023/24 | 354 |
| 2024/25 | 344 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cheadle Primary School compares
Cheadle Primary School ranked 204th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 4.4% | 27.6% | 312 | — |
| St Giles' Catholic Primary School | 81% | 2.6% | 15% | 211 | 0.2 miles |
| Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School | 60% | 4.6% | 29.3% | 144 | 0.2 miles |
| St Thomas' Catholic Primary School | 94% | 2.6% | 7.7% | 212 | 2.0 miles |
| Great Wood Community Primary School | 79% | 3.5% | 18.1% | 101 | 2.1 miles |
| Dilhorne Endowed CofE Primary School | — | 4% | 20% | 55 | 2.1 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)
- 27.62%
- English as an additional language
- 5.8%
- Overall absence
- 4.44%
- Persistent absence
- 10.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Giles' Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Great Wood Community Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
-
Dilhorne Endowed CofE Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Stoke-on-Trent
Other schools in Stoke-on-Trent
Cheadle Primary School ranks 86th of the 102 ranked primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Abbey Hulton Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Infants' School Primary
- Alexandra Junior School Primary
- All Saints' CofE First School Primary
- Alsager Highfields Community Primary School Primary
- Alsagers Bank Primary Academy Primary
- Ash Green Primary Academy Primary
- Ball Green Primary Academy Primary
- Barlaston CofE (VC) First School Primary
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Primary
- Bishop Rawle CofE Primary School Primary
- Burnwood Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Cheadle Primary School teach?
- Cheadle Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent.
- Who is the headteacher of Cheadle Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cheadle Primary School is Mrs Lynne Pickles, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cheadle Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cheadle 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 Cheadle Primary School?
- Cheadle Primary School has 312 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cheadle Primary School full?
- Cheadle Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 312 on roll (74%), 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 Cheadle Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cheadle Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cheadle Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cheadle Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cheadle Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 41% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cheadle Primary School compare with other schools in Staffordshire?
- Cheadle Primary School ranked 204th of 229 primary schools in Staffordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cheadle Primary School's absence rate?
- Cheadle Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cheadle Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cheadle 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 30 June 2026.