St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.247 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Mary'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 | 1.247 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.016 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
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Stockport.
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.247 miles away, the 35th shortest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance, and further than in 2025.
- The school had 24 first-choice applications for 26 offers for Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 22.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 54.1% 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
- Broomfield Drive, South Reddish, Stockport, SK5 7DR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s values of ‘love, respect, creativity, forgiveness and perseverance’ are at the centre of everything it does.”
- “Everyone is welcome, irrespective of any differences.”
- “Pupils live up to the school’s high expectations of their behaviour.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school has only recently finalised its thinking about what pupils should know.”
- “In these subjects, pupils’ knowledge of earlier learning is not as secure as it could be.”
- “Some pupils have gaps in their knowledge from the previous curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2025 (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) | 69% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 24 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.
- Abingdon Primary School 0.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Broadstone Hall Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Westmorland Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehill Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Paul's Church of England Primary School Brinnington 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published