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Moss Hey Primary School

Primary · Stockport · SK7 1DS

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 1 March 2026

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At a glance

186 pupils · 89% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
3.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.mosshey-primary.co.uk/
URN
106090

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.80 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 13 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.80 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school81%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
Stockport average64%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
St Jerome's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 40 miles awayGood56%
Dunnington Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 64 miles awayStrong standard80%
Whirley Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 6 miles awayExpected standard65%
Bringhurst Primary SchoolMarket Harborough · 82 miles awayGood88%
Endon Hall Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 19 miles awayExpected standard73%
St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolStourbridge · 63 miles awayGood73%
Thorney Island Community Primary SchoolEmsworth · 183 miles awayGood67%
Wheatfield Primary School and NurseryWinnersh · 144 miles awayGood70%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, SandhurstSandhurst · 150 miles awayExpected standard90%
Wilberfoss Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 67 miles awayExpected standard87%
Winscombe Primary SchoolWinscombe · 143 miles awayNo current grade66%
Rainow Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 7 miles awayOutstanding75%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Stockport 72%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Stockport 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Stockport 2%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Stockport 2%, England 3%) · White Irish 2% (Stockport 0%, England 0%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Stockport 6%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Stockport 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Stockport 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Stockport 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

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)
3.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.5%
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
19.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% 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, 1.7 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 £48,786; 18.2% 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£7,442
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £53,204; in-year balance -£46,705

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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 higher52.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work53.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier96.9%62.3%
Social housing0.7%17.1%
Privately rented2.5%20.5%
Detached houses68%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms52.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005923 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£539,000313 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£410,000–£695,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (138)£664,500
Semi-detached (143)£468,500
Terraced (9)£457,000
Flat (23)£235,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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