Pownall Green Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.417 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)
Pownall Green Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Pownall Green 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 | 1.417 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.138 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.273 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.005 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.468 mi |
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 1.417 miles away, further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2022; the distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 10th lowest of 77 Stockport primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 50 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place; 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 29% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Bramhall Lane South, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 2EB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations of what pupils should achieve.”
- “Pupils respond with positivity to the work that their teachers prepare for them.”
- “Most pupils achieve well across a range of subjects.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, pupils’ knowledge of some aspects of their learning is not as secure.”
- “Pupils have had fewer opportunities to revisit and strengthen their learning in these subjects.”
- “However, the school has not provided staff with the guidance they need to successfully adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of some pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 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) | 83% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 50 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.
- Ladybrook Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hursthead Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Hursthead Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Queensgate Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moss Hey Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bramhall Park Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Lane End Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moorfield Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published