Poplar Street Primary School
Primary schoolPoplar Street Primary School is a primary school in Tameside, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 447 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), September 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 September 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 60% of pupils at Poplar Street Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Tameside and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Audenshaw SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 48.4 (2025/26, provisional)380 m
- St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed740 m
- Audenshaw Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)920 m
- Russell Scott Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Denton Community AcademySecondary. Inadequate (overall), December 2022, before the school changed, special measures. Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Tameside
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).