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St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Primary · Stockport · SK4 3JH

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 December 2024

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At a glance

355 pupils · 85% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
10.1% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
https://stwinifredsrcps.co.uk/
URN
151683

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its inspection on 3 December 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 70% (Stockport 72%, England 60%) · White Irish 7% (Stockport 0%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Stockport 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Stockport 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Stockport 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Stockport 3%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Stockport 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Stockport 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Stockport 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Stockport 2%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Stockport 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Stockport 0%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Stockport 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Stockport 2%, England 2%) · 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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.6%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
27.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,157; 7.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work57.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health60.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87%62.3%
Social housing1.2%17.1%
Privately rented11.8%20.5%
Detached houses12%22.9%
Flats8.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005854 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£360,000450 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£263,000–£474,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (78)£508,000
Semi-detached (153)£397,000
Terraced (119)£365,500
Flat (100)£196,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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