Hursthead Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Cheadle, Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.736 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Hursthead Infant School is a primary school in Cheadle, Stockport for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Hursthead Infant 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 | 1.736 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 Reception 2026 place went to a child living 1.736 miles away, 37th longest of the 78 Stockport primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 61 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- The published admission number for Reception 2027 is 90 places, with 244 pupils on roll in January 2026.
- Ofsted rated it Good in November 2023; 2.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 4.1% 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
- Kirkstead Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK8 7PZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, staff and parents and carers agree that Hursthead Infant School is a happy place to learn.”
- “The school has high expectations for pupils’ academic achievement.”
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, rise to meet the expectations that the school has of them.”
To improve
- “That said, in a small number of subjects, teachers are not as clear about the important knowledge that pupils need for subsequent learning.”
- “Where this is the case, some pupils do not recall their prior knowledge as easily.”
- “From time to time, this hinders these pupils when they come to use and apply this learning to more complex ideas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 60 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.
- Hursthead Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Moss Hey Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thorn Grove Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pownall Green Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lane End Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queensgate Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ladybrook Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bradshaw Hall Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published