Reddish Vale High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.353 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Reddish Vale High School is a secondary school in Stockport for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Inadequate, from the inspection on 19 June 2024. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Reddish Vale High 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.353 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 3.788 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 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
- In 2024/25, 26% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 37.7 (England 46).
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.353 miles away, the 5th longest of 14 Stockport secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 112 first-choice applications for 188 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 76 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 46.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Stockport is 31.8%.
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
- Reddish Vale Road, Reddish, Stockport, SK5 7HD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 999 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Inadequate Inspected 19 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Reddish Vale High School benefit from an ambitious curriculum that is generally taught effectively.”
- “Most pupils engage well with the opportunities to learn.”
- “This helps pupils to progress well through the curriculum and achieve better than they did in the past.”
To improve
- “Although pupils' attainment remains below the national averages at the end of Year 11, more pupils are better prepared for their next steps in education.”
- “However, despite considerable improvements to pupils’ experiences in lessons, the learning of some pupils is impeded by gaps in their knowledge.”
- “Even so, some pupils need more help to ensure that they are not routinely absent from school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 112 first-preference applications, 188 offers in total, 112 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Stockport.
- St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Priestnall School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Werneth School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harrytown Catholic High School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stockport Academy 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stockport School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Marple Hall School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Laurus Cheadle Hulme 4.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published