Woodley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
21.001 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Woodley Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (community school). Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Woodley 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 | 21.001 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 21.001 miles away, the longest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.67 miles).
- In 2024/25, 53% 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 49 first-choice applications for 53 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 11 offers went to families living outside Stockport.
- Of its pupils, 13.5% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 42.2% 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
- Sherwood Road, Woodley, Stockport, SK6 1LH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 384 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to their school and say that ‘everybody is welcome here’.”
- “They embrace the school’s ‘CARE’ values and can articulate why they follow these in school and beyond.”
- “Pupils form positive relationships with their peers and with staff.”
To improve
- “However, some of these improvements are not embedded across the school.”
- “Staff do not deliver the curriculum consistently well.”
- “This means that pupils do not achieve as well as they should over time.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 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) | 53% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 49 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.
- Greave Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Romiley Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bredbury Green Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westmorland Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published