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Gatley Primary School

Primary · Stockport · SK8 4NB

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 July 2024

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At a glance

659 pupils · 100% of 650 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.1% of pupils
English as additional language
17.8% of pupils
SEN support
5.3% of pupils
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.gatleyprimary.com
URN
141275

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.02 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 92 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
93%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
39%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.3%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£5,369
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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