Worth Primary School
General Information
- Address: Birch Road, Poynton, SK12 1QA – View on map
- Phone: 01625875900
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Giles
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 13 places – 11 for every 10 places. 93% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 13 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 12 · 2025 8 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 13
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.6%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Cheshire East average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.8% a year (Cheshire East 12.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Cheshire East: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (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 Cheshire East, 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: 3.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Cheshire East average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- 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: joint 60th of 114 junior and primary schools in the area
- =60The Quinta Primary School65%
- =60Whirley Primary School65%
- =60Worth Primary School65%
- =66Leighton Academy63%
- =66Scholar Green Primary School63%
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98th of 99 primary schools in Cheshire East for Ofsted rating
- #96St Michael's Community AcademyRequires improvement
- #97Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #98Worth Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #99St John's CofE AcademyInadequate
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,981 (2024-25)
94th of 121 primary schools in Cheshire East for spending per pupil
- #92Whirley Primary School£6,014
- #93St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School£5,990
- #94Worth Primary School£5,981
- #95Weaver Primary School£5,945
- #96Prestbury CofE Primary School£5,918
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