Etchells Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Cheadle, Stockport

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

8.601 miles

Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Etchells Primary School is a primary school in Cheadle, Stockport for ages 3–11 (community school). Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.

Etchells 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	8.601 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 8.601 miles away, the 4th longest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.67 miles).
Reception 2026 had 43 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Stockport that have results.

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: East Avenue, Heald Green, Cheadle, SK8 3DL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Sector: State-funded
Council: Stockport
Pupils on roll: 397 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026

Strengths

“Pupils at Etchells Primary School feel recognised as individuals.”
“Staff take the time to get to know pupils and their families well.”
“Each morning, staff give pupils a warm welcome, which helps them to settle quickly into their learning.”

To improve

“However, this does not happen in all subjects.”
“Some pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those known to children's social care, do not achieve as well as they could in the wider curriculum.”
“However, some of this work is in its early stages.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 March 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)	63%	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: 43 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 43 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.

Prospect Vale Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Outwood Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bradshaw Hall Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
North Cheshire Jewish Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Cheadle Catholic Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Cheadle Catholic Junior School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
Bolshaw Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Lum Head Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published