Moorfield Primary School
Lyndhurst Avenue, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7 5HP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Anderson
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 367
- URN
- 134883
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614834521
About this school
Moorfield Primary School is a community primary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 367 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Moorfield 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. 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
- Expected 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 | 61 | 64 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 64% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 11% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 73% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 80% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 75% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - | - |
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 Moorfield 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 | 66% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 409 |
| 2023/24 | 412 |
| 2024/25 | 396 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moorfield Primary School compares
Moorfield Primary School ranked 45th of 69 primary schools in Stockport for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 4.1% | 8.3% | 367 | — |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 87% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 208 | 0.2 miles |
| Norbury Hall Primary School | 74% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 457 | 0.5 miles |
| Hazel Grove Primary School | 41% | 5.8% | 30.2% | 365 | 0.8 miles |
| Ladybrook Primary School | 83% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 241 | 0.9 miles |
| St Simon's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 3.8% | 13.7% | 190 | 1.0 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
-
Graded inspection report19 May 2026
- 27 September 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.33%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.13%
- Persistent absence
- 9.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Stockport
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Norbury Hall Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Stockport
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Hazel Grove Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stockport
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Ladybrook Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stockport
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St Simon's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
Moorfield Primary School ranks 38th of the 61 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
- Bramhall Park Primary School Primary
- Bredbury Green Primary School Primary
- Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School Primary
- Bridge Hall Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Moorfield Primary School teach?
- Moorfield Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Moorfield Primary School?
- The headteacher of Moorfield Primary School is Mr Paul Anderson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Moorfield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moorfield 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 Moorfield Primary School?
- Moorfield Primary School has 367 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Moorfield Primary School full?
- Moorfield Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 367 on roll (87%), 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 Moorfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Moorfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Moorfield Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Moorfield Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Moorfield Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Moorfield Primary School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Moorfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moorfield Primary School compare with other schools in Stockport?
- Moorfield Primary School ranked 45th of 69 primary schools in Stockport for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 81% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moorfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Moorfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moorfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moorfield 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 13 August 2026.