Lum Head Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Cheadle, Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.043 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Lum Head 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 31 January 2024. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Lum Head 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 | 2.043 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.043 miles away, the 33rd longest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance; the middle was 1.67 miles.
- For Reception 2026, there were 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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
- Troutbeck Road, Gatley, Cheadle, SK8 4RR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 31 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They appreciate the care that staff provide.”
- “Pupils build strong relationships with the staff and with each other.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the essential knowledge that should be taught is not as clearly defined.”
- “This makes it harder for teachers to design learning and then accurately check that pupils are learning and remembering all that they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 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) | 78% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Prospect Vale Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gatley Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Etchells Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheadle Catholic Infant School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheadle Catholic Junior School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- Cheadle Village Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cheadle Hulme Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published