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Bridge Hall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Cuddington Crescent, Bridge Hall, Stockport SK3 8LX · bridgehall.stockport.sch.uk · 0161 480 7889
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stockport 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 167
- 80% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 62.3%
- First language not English
- 18%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 9 families put the school first and 10 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 18 | 16 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Stockport it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Bridge Hall Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 23 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 23 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 23
- 11% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied