Vernon Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Poynton, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.616 miles
Distance · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Vernon Primary School is a primary school in Poynton, Cheshire East for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Vernon 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 | 5.616 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
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 for 2026 lived 5.616 miles from the school, the 23rd longest of 118 Cheshire East primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some of the years 2024 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry, there were 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cheshire East schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Clumber Road, Poynton, SK12 1NW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 394 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this nurturing and caring school.”
- “They thrive both academically and socially.”
- “The school motto ‘Nobody else is quite like me’ encourages pupils to celebrate their unique talents.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 June 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) | 77% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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 Cheshire East.
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Worth Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Lower Park School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lostock Hall Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Adlington Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pott Shrigley CofE Primary School 2.9 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Disley Primary School 3.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dean Valley Community Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published