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Stockport has 115 state schools: 86 primary, 14 secondary, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 38,631 pupils. 84 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.9 out of 10, and 8 score 8 or above.

10 have a sixth form. 60 take children from age three or under. 31 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Cheadle 25 schools
Abingdon Primary School Stockport · Requires improvement Adswood Primary School Stockport · Not judged Alexandra Park Primary School Stockport All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple Stockport · Good All Saints Church of England Primary School Stockport Stockport · Not judged Aquinas College Stockport · Good Arden Primary School Stockport · Good Banks Lane Infant School Stockport · Good Banks Lane Junior School Stockport · Good Bolshaw Primary School Cheadle · Good Brabyns Preparatory School Stockport Bradshaw Hall Primary School Cheadle · Outstanding Bramhall High School Stockport · Good Bredbury Green Primary School Stockport · Good Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School Stockport · Good Bridge Hall Primary School Stockport · Requires improvement Broadstone Hall Primary School Stockport · Good Brookside Primary School Stockport · Requires improvement Cale Green Primary School Stockport · Good Castle Hill High School Stockport · Outstanding Cheadle Catholic Infant School Cheadle · Good Cheadle Catholic Junior School Cheadle · Good Cheadle Heath Primary School Stockport · Good Cheadle Hulme High School Cheadle · Not judged Cheadle Hulme Primary School Stockport · Good Cheadle Hulme School Cheadle Cheadle Village Primary School Cheadle · Good Covenant Christian School Stockport · Good Dial Park Primary School Stockport · Good Didsbury Road Primary School Stockport · Good Etchells Primary School Cheadle · Good Fairway Primary School Stockport · Good Freshfield Nursery School Stockport · Good Gatley Primary School Stockport · Outstanding Great Moor Infant School Stockport · Good Great Moor Junior School Stockport · Good Greave Primary School Stockport · Good Greenbank Preparatory School Cheadle Harrytown Catholic High School Stockport · Not judged Hazel Grove High School Stockport · Good Hazel Grove Primary School Stockport · Good Heaton School Stockport · Requires improvement High Lane Primary School Stockport Hollywood Park Nursery School Stockport · Not judged Hulme Hall Grammar School Stockport Hursthead Infant School Cheadle · Good Hursthead Junior School Cheadle · Good Inscape House School Stockport · Good Lady Barn House School Cheadle Ladybridge Primary School Cheadle · Good Ladybrook Primary School Stockport · Outstanding Lane End Primary School Stockport · Good Lark Hill Primary School Stockport · Good Laurus Cheadle Hulme Cheadle · Outstanding Lisburne School Stockport · Outstanding Ludworth Primary School Stockport · Good Lum Head Primary School Cheadle · Good Marple Hall School Stockport · Good Meadowbank Primary School Cheadle · Good Mellor Primary School Stockport · Good Mersey Vale Primary School Stockport · Good Moorfield Primary School Stockport · Requires improvement Moss Hey Primary School Stockport · Good Nevill Road Infant School Stockport · Good Nevill Road Junior School Stockport · Good Norbury Hall Primary School Stockport · Good Norris Bank Primary School Stockport North Cheshire Jewish Primary School Cheadle · Good North West Hospital School Cheadle · Good Oak Tree Primary School Stockport · Good Oakgrove School Cheadle · Good Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Stockport · Good Outwood Primary School Cheadle · Good Pear Tree Specialist Support High School Stockport Penarth Group School Cheshire · Good Pownall Green Primary School Stockport · Good Priestnall School Stockport · Requires improvement Progress Schools - Stockport · Requires improvement Prospect Vale Primary School Cheadle · Good Pure Innovations Trading As Pure College Stockport · Good Queensgate Primary School Stockport · Outstanding Reddish Vale High School Stockport · Inadequate Reddish Vale Nursery School Stockport · Outstanding Romiley Primary School Stockport · Good Rose Hill Primary School Stockport · Good Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust) Cheadle · Outstanding Royal School, Manchester Stockport · Outstanding St Ambrose Catholic Primary School Stockport · Good St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy Stockport · Good St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Stockport · Good St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport · Good St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary Stockport · Requires improvement St George's Church of England Primary School Stockport · Requires improvement St James' Catholic High School Cheadle · Good St John's Church of England Primary School Stockport · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport · Requires improvement St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy Stockport · Good St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Stockport · Good St Mary's Church of England Primary School Stockport · Not judged St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport · Inadequate St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Stockport · Good St Paul's Church of England Primary School Brinnington Stockport · Requires improvement St Peter's Catholic Primary School Stockport · Not judged St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport St Simon's Catholic Primary School Stockport · Good St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel Stockport · Good St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport Stockport · Requires improvement St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport · Not judged Stella Maris School Stockport · Good Stockport Academy Stockport · Not judged Stockport Grammar School Stockport Stockport School Stockport · Good The Kingsway School Cheadle · Requires improvement Thorn Grove Primary School Cheadle · Good Tithe Barn Primary School Stockport · Good Torkington Primary School Stockport · Good Vale View Primary School Stockport · Good Valley School Stockport · Outstanding Vernon Park Primary School Stockport · Not judged Warren Wood Primary School Stockport · Good Werneth School Stockport · Inadequate Westmorland Primary School Stockport · Good Whitehill Primary School Stockport · Good Windlehurst School Stockport · Good Woodford Primary School Stockport · Not judged Woodley Primary School Stockport · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Bramhall High School Good · ×0.61 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lane End Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Moss Hey Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thorn Grove Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Outwood Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cheadle Heath Primary School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Etchells Primary School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Pownall Green Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Stockport

Primary schools: Catchment area is criterion 3-5 (after LAC/medical, alongside siblings), ahead of pure distance. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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