St Ambrose Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.830 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →St Ambrose Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided 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.
St Ambrose Catholic 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 | 0.830 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 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.830 miles away, the 18th shortest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.67 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers; 16 offers went to first-choice families, so 1 first-choice family (6%) was not offered a place.
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
- Rostrevor Road, Adswood, Stockport, SK3 8LQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 178 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2023
Strengths
- “St Ambrose Catholic Primary School is a warm, friendly and welcoming place.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and value its strong sense of community.”
- “Pupils are enthusiastic when they talk about their school and the learning that they do.”
To improve
- “A small number of subjects are not as well organised.”
- “This is also true for some areas of learning in the early years.”
- “The knowledge and key subject vocabulary that children and pupils should learn are not clearly defined.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 45% | 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, 17 offers in total, 16 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.
- Adswood Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridge Hall Primary School 0.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Cale Green Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alexandra Park Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St George's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ladybridge Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published