Vale View Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.281 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Vale View Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Vale View 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 | 3.281 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 41.7% of pupils, above the middle figure of 32.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Stockport.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.281 miles away, the 20th longest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 41 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 47% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Mill Lane, North Reddish, Stockport, SK5 6TP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Vale View Primary is a nurturing, friendly school, where pupils embody their motto and ‘strive for excellence’.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are well cared for and valued.”
- “Pupils have benefited from the positive changes that the school has made to the curriculum since the previous inspection.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, teachers do not use information that they gather from these checks to modify their future teaching.”
- “Consequently, in these subjects, some pupils have gaps in their learning.”
- “However, in 2023, pupils’ attainment in writing and mathematics was significantly below the expected standard at the end of key stage 1.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 July 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) | 47% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 38 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.
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Abingdon Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westmorland Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadstone Hall Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published