St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.398 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St John's Church of England 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 | 2.398 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.693 mi |
| 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 child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.398 miles away, the 28th longest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.67 miles).
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025, the other Reception year with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd highest 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
- Poplar Street, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3DG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 December 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightly proud to be part of this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Members of the school community refer to it as a place ‘full of love’.”
- “From the Reception Year to Year 6, pupils eagerly come into school in the morning.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, some key skills which pupils need, such as handwriting and spelling, are not being supported effectively enough.”
- “This compromises the quality of pupils' writing across the wider curriculum.”
- “A minority of pupils need reminders to do this.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 2026 (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) | 81% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- Didsbury Road Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tithe Barn Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Mersey Vale Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Norris Bank Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheadle Heath Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lark Hill Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cheadle Village Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published