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Bolshaw Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Cross Road, Heald Green, Cheadle SK8 3LW · bolshaw.stockport.sch.uk · 0161 437 6886
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 68%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Stockport 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 203
- 97% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 12.3%
- First language not English
- 23.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 22 families put the school first and 23 places were offered; 95% 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 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 26 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 35 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106029)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 October 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Bolshaw Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106029)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106029), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106029)
Jan 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106029)