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Lower Park School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Hazelbadge Road, Poynton, Stockport SK12 1HE · lowerpark.ht.school · 01625 872560
On the mapSearch near SK12 1HE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 68%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Cheshire East 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Cheshire East Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 272
- 97% of 280 places
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 3.7%
- First language not English
- 3.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Halliard Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Cheshire East Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 92% 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 | 28 | 25 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 56 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 39 | 40 | 1▲ | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% the higher standard. Across Cheshire East it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 111023)
Ofsted
Lower Park School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111023)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2008
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111023), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 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 111023)