# St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge

St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge is a primary school in Tameside, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 190 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E143551. [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 190
- Council: Tameside
- URN: 143551

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 28 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 19 March 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 76% of pupils at St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Tameside and 62% in England.
6% 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 | 76% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Dixons Pennine Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dixons-pennine-academy-e139294): 510 m. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 38.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Wild Bank Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wild-bank-primary-school-e147917): 570 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tame Bank](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tame-bank-e151653): 830 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151038): 840 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2023, before the school changed. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gorse-hall-primary-and-nursery-school-e152634): 1.1 km. Primary. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Works 4 U Support Services (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/works-4-u-support-services-norman-mackie-and-associates-ltd-e141312): 1.1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/143551)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/143551)

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