OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
18 January 2023
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Stockport
Trust
THE LAURUS TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
458
447 full-time ·
11 part-time
Female pupils
232
50.7% of pupils
Male pupils
226
49.3% of pupils
18.9 pts
below England
School
5.9%
Stockport
20.6%
North West
28.5%
England
24.8%
7.9 pts
below England
School
12.4%
Stockport
12.9%
North West
18.1%
England
20.3%
0.6 pts
below England
School
0.4%
Stockport
1.3%
North West
0.8%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Mixed background
5.9%
27
Any other ethnic group
2.8%
13
Any other White background
2.4%
11
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
11.8%
54 of
458 pupils
9.0 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
9.0%
41 pupils
England
14.8%
5.8 pts
below
EHC plans
2.8%
13 pupils
England
6.0%
3.2 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
17
Speech, language & communication
14
Autistic spectrum disorder
9
No specialist assessment yet
6
Moderate learning difficulty
3
Other difficulty or disability
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.18%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
3.03 pts
lower than
England
School
3.18%
Stockport
6.26%
North West
6.25%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
4.40%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
11.42 pts
lower than
England
School
4.40%
Stockport
15.60%
North West
15.89%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Stockport
2.02%
North West
1.75%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
109.0%
20.9 pts
above England
Cheadle Hulme Primary School
109.0%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.