St Simon's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →St Simon's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
St Simon's 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 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
- No last distance was published for Reception 2025.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 21 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 12.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stockport is 9%.
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
- Bosden Avenue, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7 4LH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and families at St Simon’s Catholic Primary School are warmly welcomed by staff every morning.”
- “Pupils, parents and carers are highly positive about the quality of education that staff provide.”
- “Many pupils comment on the strong relationships they have with staff.”
To improve
- “In these remaining few subjects, leaders have not fully ensured that teachers know exactly what to teach pupils and when to teach it.”
- “Occasionally, this hinders some pupils from learning all the important information that they could.”
- “However, sometimes, teachers do not provide pupils with enough opportunities to revisit prior learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 August 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) | 50% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 19 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.
- Hazel Grove Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Torkington Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dial Park Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norbury Hall Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Warren Wood Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moorfield Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published