Oakgrove School
Matlock Road, Heald Green, Cheadle, SK8 3BU
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Oakgrove School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Robert Metcalfe
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 37
- Pupils on roll
- 37
- URN
- 131887
- Local authority
- Stockport
About this school
Oakgrove School was a community special school in Cheadle. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 37 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Oakgrove School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1999, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 20 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 35% | 14% |
| Expected standard in maths | 5% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 15% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 98.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 93.0 | 92.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -11.70 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.10 | - |
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 Oakgrove 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 | 0% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39 |
| 2023/24 | 37 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 62.2%
- English as an additional language
- 2.7%
- Overall absence
- 11.4%
- Persistent absence
- 31.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oakgrove School0.0 miles
Academies · Cheadle
-
Royal School, Manchester0.4 miles
Special schools · Stockport
-
Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)0.4 miles
Other types · Cheadle
-
Willow House School0.5 miles
Special schools · Greater Manchester
-
North West Hospital School0.7 miles
Independent schools · Cheadle
Other schools in Cheadle
- Oakgrove School Academies
- Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust) Other types
- Bolshaw Primary School Primary
- Bradshaw Hall Primary School Primary
- Cheadle Catholic Infant School Primary
- Cheadle Catholic Junior School Primary
- Cheadle Village Primary School Primary
- Etchells Primary School Primary
- Hursthead Infant School Primary
- Hursthead Junior School Primary
- Ladybridge Primary School Primary
- Lum Head Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Oakgrove School teach?
- Oakgrove School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a special school in Cheadle.
- Has Oakgrove School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Oakgrove 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 Oakgrove School?
- Oakgrove School had 37 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Oakgrove School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Oakgrove School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oakgrove 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 31 August 2024.