Lostock Hall Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Stockport, Cheshire East
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.069 miles
Criterion 5 · Published by Cheshire East Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lostock Hall Primary School is a primary school in Stockport, Cheshire East for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Cheshire East has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lostock Hall 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 | 4.069 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 distance offered for Reception in 2026 was 4.069 miles, for children admitted under one of its admission criteria, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2024.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years from 2024 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, so 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Mallard Crescent, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1XG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Cheshire East
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this caring and friendly school.”
- “They appreciate the way that staff get to know them as individuals.”
- “Pupils are excited to come to school each day.”
To improve
- “This means that, in these areas of the curriculum, subject leaders are less well informed about the effectiveness of the curriculums on pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 89% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 27 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.
- Lower Park School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Vernon Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Worth Primary School 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Adlington Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Wilmslow Academy 2.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Handforth Grange Primary School 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published