Vernon Primary School
Clumber Road, Poynton, SK12 1NW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Carvell
- Constituency
- Macclesfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 350
- Pupils on roll
- 394
- URN
- 135327
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01625872556
About this school
Vernon Primary School is a community primary school in Poynton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 394 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 57 | 47 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 75% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 14% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 86% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 86% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 81% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.50 | - | - |
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 Vernon 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 | Cheshire East average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 80% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 61.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 380 |
| 2023/24 | 375 |
| 2024/25 | 382 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Vernon Primary School compares
Vernon Primary School ranked 22nd of 114 primary schools in Cheshire East for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 3.2% | 4.7% | 394 | — |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | 71% | 6.4% | 21% | 110 | 0.2 miles |
| Worth Primary School | 65% | 3.5% | 6.8% | 197 | 0.4 miles |
| Lower Park School | — | 4.1% | 3.6% | 272 | 0.7 miles |
| Lostock Hall Primary School | 89% | 3.8% | 8.8% | 197 | 1.0 miles |
| Woodford Primary School | — | 2.8% | 0% | 149 | 1.7 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)
- 4.71%
- English as an additional language
- 1.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.18%
- Persistent absence
- 3.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Worth Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Poynton
-
Lower Park School0.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Lostock Hall Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Stockport
-
Woodford Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Stockport
Other schools in Poynton
- Worth Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Vernon Primary School teach?
- Vernon Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Poynton.
- Who is the headteacher of Vernon Primary School?
- The headteacher of Vernon Primary School is Mrs Jo Carvell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Vernon Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Vernon 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 Vernon Primary School?
- Vernon Primary School has 394 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Vernon Primary School full?
- Vernon Primary School has capacity for 350 pupils and 394 on roll (113%), so it is at or above 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 Vernon Primary School a faith school?
- No. Vernon Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Vernon Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Vernon Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Vernon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 80% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Vernon Primary School rank locally?
- Vernon Primary School ranked 22nd of 114 primary schools in Cheshire East for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Vernon Primary School's absence rate?
- Vernon Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Vernon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Vernon 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 1 July 2026.