Best primary schools in Stockport
71 of 90 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Stockport schools · secondary schools
Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 83 of them.
- 66 of 90 rated Good or Outstanding
- 9 oversubscribed on first preference
- 10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
- Median Met expected standard (RWM): 66.0% (best 93.0%)
| # | School | Met expected standard (RWM) | Ofsted | Places | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gatley Primary School Stockport | 93.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 2 | Queensgate Primary School Stockport | 92.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 3 | Bradshaw Hall Primary School Cheadle | 90.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 4 | Torkington Primary School Stockport | 90.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 5 | St Peter's Catholic Primary School Stockport | 87.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 6 | St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy Stockport | 85.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 7 | Tithe Barn Primary School Stockport | 84.0% | Good declining | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 8 | Great Moor Junior School Stockport | 83.0% | Good declining | — | mapped |
| 9 | Ladybrook Primary School Stockport | 83.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 10 | Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Stockport hidden gem | 83.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 11 | Pownall Green Primary School Stockport hidden gem | 83.0% | Good declining | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 12 | Didsbury Road Primary School Stockport | 82.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 13 | Moss Hey Primary School Stockport hidden gem | 81.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 14 | St John's Church of England Primary School Stockport | 81.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 15 | All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple Stockport | 80.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 16 | Cheadle Catholic Junior School Cheadle | 79.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 17 | Thorn Grove Primary School Cheadle hidden gem | 79.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 18 | Lum Head Primary School Cheadle | 78.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 19 | Oak Tree Primary School Stockport | 78.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 20 | Ludworth Primary School Stockport | 77.0% | Good declining | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 21 | Hursthead Junior School Cheadle | 76.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 22 | Cheadle Hulme Primary School Stockport | 74.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 23 | Lane End Primary School Stockport hidden gem | 74.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 24 | Norbury Hall Primary School Stockport | 74.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 25 | St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Stockport | 73.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 26 | Nevill Road Junior School Stockport | 72.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 27 | St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel Stockport | 72.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 28 | Banks Lane Junior School Stockport | 71.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 29 | Bredbury Green Primary School Stockport | 71.0% | Good improving | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 30 | Meadowbank Primary School Cheadle | 71.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 31 | Mellor Primary School Stockport | 71.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 32 | St George's Church of England Primary School Stockport | 70.0% | Requires improvement | undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 33 | Broadstone Hall Primary School Stockport | 69.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 34 | St Mary's Church of England Primary School Stockport | 69.0% | Not judged | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 35 | St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport | 68.0% | Inadequate | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 36 | Outwood Primary School Cheadle hidden gem | 66.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 37 | Prospect Vale Primary School Cheadle | 65.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 38 | North Cheshire Jewish Primary School Cheadle | 64.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 39 | Etchells Primary School Cheadle hidden gem | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 40 | Mersey Vale Primary School Stockport | 63.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 41 | Rose Hill Primary School Stockport | 63.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 42 | Cale Green Primary School Stockport | 62.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 43 | Cheadle Heath Primary School Stockport hidden gem | 62.0% | Good | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 44 | Greave Primary School Stockport | 62.0% | Good | about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 45 | Westmorland Primary School Stockport | 61.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 46 | Whitehill Primary School Stockport hidden gem | 61.0% | Good | about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 47 | Moorfield Primary School Stockport | 57.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 48 | Cheadle Village Primary School Cheadle | 56.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 49 | St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Stockport | 55.0% | Good declining | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 50 | St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary Stockport | 55.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 51 | Arden Primary School Stockport | 54.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 52 | Bridge Hall Primary School Stockport | 54.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 53 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stockport | 53.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 54 | Woodley Primary School Stockport | 53.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 55 | Fairway Primary School Stockport | 50.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 56 | St Simon's Catholic Primary School Stockport | 50.0% | Good declining | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 57 | Dial Park Primary School Stockport | 48.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 58 | Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School Stockport | 47.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 59 | Vale View Primary School Stockport | 47.0% | Good improving | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 60 | Lark Hill Primary School Stockport | 45.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 61 | St Ambrose Catholic Primary School Stockport | 45.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 62 | St Paul's Church of England Primary School Brinnington Stockport | 44.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 63 | Ladybridge Primary School Cheadle | 43.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 64 | Brookside Primary School Stockport | 42.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 65 | Warren Wood Primary School Stockport | 42.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 66 | Hazel Grove Primary School Stockport | 41.0% | Good | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 67 | Abingdon Primary School Stockport | 39.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 68 | Vernon Park Primary School Stockport | 39.0% | Not judged improving | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 69 | All Saints Church of England Primary School Stockport Stockport | 36.0% | Not judged | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 70 | St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport Stockport | 33.0% | Requires improvement declining | undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 71 | St Matthew's Church of England Primary School Stockport | 19.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
Also in Stockport
19 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Stockport, not a fairer one.
- Adswood Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
- Alexandra Park Primary School
- Banks Lane Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Bolshaw Primary School Ofsted: Good
- Brabyns Preparatory School
- Cheadle Catholic Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Great Moor Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Greenbank Preparatory School
- High Lane Primary School
- Hursthead Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Lady Barn House School
- Nevill Road Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- Norris Bank Primary School
- Romiley Primary School Ofsted: Good
- St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Good
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ofsted: Not judged
- Stella Maris School Ofsted: Good
- Woodford Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
Applying in Stockport
Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.
- Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
- Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
- Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
- Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.
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