Prospect Vale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Cheadle, Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.978 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Prospect Vale Primary School is a primary school in Cheadle, Stockport for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2023. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Prospect 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 | 1.978 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 Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.978 miles from the school, the 34th longest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 23 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of the 80 applications in all for Reception 2026, 18 (23%) came from families living outside Stockport, and 6 offers went to them.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 65% met expected standard, 3rd 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
- Prospect Vale, Off Brown Lane, Heald Green, Cheadle, SK8 3RJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2023
Strengths
- “Prospect Vale Primary School is a friendly school community where everyone values and celebrates people’s differences.”
- “Positive relationships between staff and pupils and among pupils are evident throughout the school.”
- “Pupils treat each other with kindness and consideration.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not provide pupils with enough opportunities to embed their previous learning.”
- “This means that in these subjects, some pupils’ learning is not as secure as it should be.”
- “Pupils remember their current learning but some cannot recall what they have learned over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2023 (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) | 65% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 23 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.
- North Cheshire Jewish Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lum Head Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Etchells Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bolshaw Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cheadle Catholic Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheadle Catholic Junior School 1.0 mi Standards maintained
- Bradshaw Hall Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published