OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
18 March 2025
Latest published outcome
Not judged
OEIF
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Outstanding
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
149
131 full-time ·
18 part-time
Female pupils
69
46.3% of pupils
Male pupils
80
53.7% of pupils
23.5 pts
below England
School
1.3%
Stockport
20.6%
North West
28.5%
England
24.8%
6.2 pts
below England
School
14.1%
Stockport
12.9%
North West
18.1%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Stockport
1.3%
North West
0.8%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Mixed background
12.8%
19
Any other White background
4.0%
6
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
10.7%
16 of
149 pupils
10.1 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
8.7%
13 pupils
England
14.8%
6.1 pts
below
EHC plans
2.0%
3 pupils
England
6.0%
4.0 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
6
Social, emotional & mental health
5
Autistic spectrum disorder
2
Moderate learning difficulty
2
Specific learning difficulty
1
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
2.82%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
3.40 pts
lower than
England
School
2.82%
Stockport
6.26%
North West
6.25%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
1.67%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
14.15 pts
lower than
England
School
1.67%
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
63.7%
24.5 pts
below England
Woodford Primary School
63.7%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.