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Ludworth Primary School

Primary · Stockport · SK6 5DU

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 May 2024

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At a glance

373 pupils · 89% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.ludworth.org.uk
URN
106057

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 58 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 22 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 58 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

47 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers78.5%
Stockport average64%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Oldswinford C of E Primary SchoolStourbridge · 66 miles awayGood80%
Helmshore Primary SchoolRossendale · 23 miles awayGood88%
Theydon Bois Primary SchoolEpping · 150 miles awayGood63%
Lunts Heath Primary SchoolWidnes · 28 miles awayOutstanding84%
Heron Way Primary SchoolHorsham · 178 miles awayOutstanding95%
Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolBaldock · 125 miles awayGood (2016)64%
Cliffe Woods Primary SchoolRochester · 174 miles awayGood53%
Wickham Common Primary SchoolWest Wickham · 166 miles awayGood63%
Vernon Primary SchoolPoynton · 5 miles awayOutstanding77%
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 15 miles awayGood83%
Stowford SchoolIvybridge · 223 miles awayGood86%
Burton Joyce Primary SchoolNottingham · 51 miles awayNo current grade51%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Stockport 72%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Stockport 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Stockport 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Stockport 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Stockport 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Stockport: 1.22 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,494; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,381
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £100,210; in-year balance +£121,339

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher56.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work56.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.8%62.3%
Social housing1.8%17.1%
Privately rented7.4%20.5%
Detached houses61.7%22.9%
Flats7.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms48.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005883 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£455,000178 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£359,500–£620,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (87)£570,000
Semi-detached (50)£481,500
Terraced (28)£307,500
Flat (13)£225,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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