Tithe Barn Primary School
General Information
- Address: Mauldeth Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3NG – View on map
- Phone: 01614324941
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Katherine Muncaster
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 85% of them were offered a place. 4 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 15 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 11
- % eligible for free school meals: 5.5%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Stockport average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.2% a year (Stockport 11.4%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 36% moved to another school, 64% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Stockport: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Stockport, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 84% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points above the Stockport average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 81% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 81%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 87% · Maths 94% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 94%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 108
- Based on: 31 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 6th of 70 junior and primary schools in the area
- #4St Peter's Catholic Primary School87%
- #5St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy85%
- #6Tithe Barn Primary School84%
- =7Great Moor Junior School83%
- =7Ladybrook Primary School83%
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49th of 60 primary schools in Stockport for Ofsted rating
- #47St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton ChapelGood
- #48Thorn Grove Primary SchoolGood
- #49Tithe Barn Primary SchoolGood
- #50Torkington Primary SchoolGood
- #51Vale View Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,732 (2024-25)
22nd of 71 primary schools in Stockport for spending per pupil
- #20Mersey Vale Primary School£7,972
- #21Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School£7,755
- #22Tithe Barn Primary School£7,732
- #23Outwood Primary School£7,698
- #24Bramhall Park Primary School£7,551
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