Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.359 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School is a primary school in Stockport for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 May 2024. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Bredbury St. Marks CofE 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 | 2.359 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
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a 2026 Reception place lived 2.359 miles away, the 30th longest of 78 Stockport primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.67 miles).
- There were 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers for Reception 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 49.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.8% 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
- Redhouse Lane, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 1BX
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- State-funded
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 164 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 May 2024
Strengths
- “Mark’s community and know that they matter.”
- “Pupils value the school’s warm and welcoming environment.”
- “They help to make everyone feel included in their school.”
To improve
- “The school has been through recent turmoil and change.”
- “Pupils’ attainment and progress in reading and mathematics at the end of Year 6 was significantly below the national average in 2023.”
- “The impact of changes in staffing, the COVID-19 pandemic and weak curriculums, meant that pupils had too many gaps in their learning to achieve as well as they should.”
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) | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 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 Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodley Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greave Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bredbury Green Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Romiley Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westmorland Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published