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Lower Park School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Amelia Lomas

location_onStockport, SK12 1HE

language Visit Website phone 1625872560

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2023

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Students

280

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Expected Standard

68%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Lower Park School is a Community school primary school in Stockport, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 37% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Lower Park School is a community school in Stockport, Cheshire East, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 280 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 15% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #72 of 127 primaries in Cheshire East and #8,313 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 12.4%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

68%

LA 62%

Reading80% LA 78%

Writing78% LA 72%

Maths80% LA 75%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

68%

LA 61%England 61%

Reading95% LA 78% · Eng 74%

Writing80% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths80% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

110

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading81% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing79% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths79% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.3

Read

LA 0.7

-2.2 to 1.7

-0.8

Write

LA -0.2

-2.7 to 1.0

-0.2

Maths

LA 0.3

-2.1 to 1.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

80%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading83% LA 76% · Eng 73%

Writing95% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths95% LA 79% · Eng 79%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

2.0

Read

LA 0.0

0.1 to 3.9

0.8

Write

LA -1.3

-1.0 to 2.5

1.3

Maths

LA -0.6

-0.4 to 2.9

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 67%

Reading85% LA 81%

Writing92% LA 79%

Maths77% LA 77%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

LA 0.3

-1.9 to 1.9

1.3

Write

LA -1.1

-0.5 to 3.1

-1.1

Maths

LA -0.2

-2.8 to 0.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 December 2024

Inspection Report

21 November 2023

Inspection Report

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07 January 2011

Inspection Report

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17 March 2008

Inspection Report

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17 January 2005

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2023-11-21

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2008-03-17

Section 5 RTI Historic EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 278 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	278	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	277	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	275	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	277	1	0.4%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	280	2	0.7%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	280	2	0.7%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	284	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	285	1	0.4%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	285	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	283	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	283	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	279	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	279	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	279	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	279	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	279	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	277	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	278	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	281	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	279	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	280	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	282	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	286	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	281	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Lower Park School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Funding & Staffing

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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