Brookside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.279 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Brookside Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 4–11 (community school). Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Brookside Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 4.279 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 4.279 miles away, the 10th longest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- For Reception 2026, 9 of the 38 applications (24%) came from families living outside Stockport, and 4 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 42% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 15.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stockport.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stockport schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ashbourne Drive, High Lane, Ashbourne Drive, High Lane, Stockport, SK6 8DB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 130 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “The staff at Brookside ensure that pupils are welcomed into a calm and caring atmosphere at the start of each day.”
- “Pupils, including those in the specially resourced provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (specially resourced provision), feel valued and safe.”
- “The relationships that pupils have with staff are very positive.”
To improve
- “However, leaders' expectations for the achievement of pupils in the rest of the school, including children in the early years, are not as high as they should be.”
- “Tasks are not consistently well matched to children's next steps in the early years.”
- “Basic errors in pupils’ writing across the school have not been addressed well enough by leaders and staff.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 42% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Stockport.
- High Lane Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Torkington Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Norbury Hall Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Simon's Catholic Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hazel Grove Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rose Hill Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published