Mersey Vale Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stockport

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.166 miles

Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Mersey Vale Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.

Mersey Vale 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	1.166 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

In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.166 miles, 32nd shortest of the 78 Stockport primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.67 miles).
For Reception 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
Free school meal eligibility stands at 35.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 10.1% 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: Valley Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 2BZ
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Sector: State-funded
Council: Stockport
Pupils on roll: 158 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 35.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 15.3

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 24 April 2024

Strengths

“Pupils at Mersey Vale are proud of their school.”
“They treat each other with kindness and respect.”
“Pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are happy.”

To improve

“However, in some other subjects, the school does not have a clear oversight of how well the curriculum is helping children in the early years, and pupils in key stages 1 and 2, to learn all that they should.”
“This stops it from identifying when some aspects are not taught as well as intended.”
“At times, this hinders some pupils’ progress through the curriculum.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2024 (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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.

St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Didsbury Road Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Norris Bank Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Lark Hill Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
St John's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Cheadle Heath Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Tithe Barn Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Alexandra Park Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published