Hursthead Infant SchoolPownall Green Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Hursthead Infant School and Pownall Green Primary School are primary schools.

  • Hursthead Infant School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Pownall Green Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Hursthead Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Hursthead Infant School was judged Good and Pownall Green Primary School was judged Good.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Pownall Green Primary School (75.0% in 2022-23, 83.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Hursthead Infant School versus Pownall Green Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CheadleHursthead Infant SchoolStockportPownall Green Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB75/100Stronger figureC67/100
Local ranking72nd of 77 in Stockport 18th of 77 in Stockport Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-7 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll247 409
Capacity270 420
LocationCheadle, SK8 7PZ Stockport, SK7 2EB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported83.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported29.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported110.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported108.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census247 409
Free school meals (ever 6)2.8% 2.9%
English as an additional language20.2% 16.4%
SEN support4.5% 9.3%
SEN with an EHC plan0.8% 0.7%
Attendance
Overall absence2.7% Stronger figure2.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence4.6% 3.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Hursthead Infant School

Pownall Green Primary School

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