Cheadle Heath Primary School
Edgeley Road, Stockport, SK3 0RJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Christine Meekley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stockport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 349
- URN
- 133326
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614282476
About this school
Cheadle Heath Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 349 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong 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 | 46 | 58 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 48% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 69% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 60% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 66% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| 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 Cheadle Heath 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 | 54% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 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 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 336 |
| 2023/24 | 336 |
| 2024/25 | 339 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cheadle Heath Primary School compares
Cheadle Heath Primary School ranked 44th 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 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5% | 26.9% | 349 | — |
| Alexandra Park Primary School | — | — | — | 458 | 0.6 miles |
| Lark Hill Primary School | 45% | 6.4% | 58.2% | 173 | 0.7 miles |
| Meadowbank Primary School | 71% | 4.4% | 13.7% | 424 | 0.7 miles |
| Mersey Vale Primary School | 63% | 6.1% | 34.3% | 158 | 0.7 miles |
| Ladybridge Primary School | 43% | 8.1% | 45.5% | 150 | 0.8 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)
- 26.9%
- English as an additional language
- 25.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.99%
- Persistent absence
- 12.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Alexandra Park Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Lark Hill Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Meadowbank Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Cheadle
-
Mersey Vale Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Ladybridge Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Cheadle
Other schools in Stockport
Cheadle Heath Primary School ranks 37th 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 Cheadle Heath Primary School teach?
- Cheadle Heath Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Cheadle Heath Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cheadle Heath Primary School is Ms Christine Meekley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cheadle Heath Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cheadle Heath 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 Cheadle Heath Primary School?
- Cheadle Heath Primary School has 349 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cheadle Heath Primary School full?
- Cheadle Heath Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 349 on roll (83%), 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 Heath Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cheadle Heath Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cheadle Heath Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cheadle Heath Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cheadle Heath Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% 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 Cheadle Heath Primary School rank locally?
- Cheadle Heath Primary School ranked 44th 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 61% 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 Heath Primary School's absence rate?
- Cheadle Heath Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cheadle Heath Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cheadle Heath 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.