Community school · Stockport

Prospect Vale Primary School

3–11Ages
230Pupils
PrimaryPhase
106071URN

Prospect Vale, Off Brown Lane, Heald Green, Cheadle, SK8 3RJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.3per place

0.4 above Stockport median (3.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Stockport

80 applications for 24 places · 21st of 72 in Stockport

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

65%met the expected standard

Stockport 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jul 2023

Inspection history

19 July 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
6 November 2013
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

3.3applications per place, Reception

0.4 above Stockport median (3.0) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

80 applications · 24 places offered · 23 named it first

2026 3.3; Stockport median median 3.0
2025 2.6; Stockport median median 2.9
2024 5.7; Stockport median median 2.9
2023 2.5; Stockport median median 2.4
2022 2.9; Stockport median median 2.3
2021 2.8; Stockport median median 2.3
2020 2.9; Stockport median median 2.2
2019 2.8; Stockport median median 2.4
2018 3.4; Stockport median median 2.3
2017 4.1; Stockport median median 2.4
2016 4.0; Stockport median median 2.4
2015 3.6; Stockport median median 2.4
2014 3.4; Stockport median median 2.4

More applications per place than the Stockport median in 12 of 13 years.

This school
Stockport median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	24	80	3.3	23	0.96
Sep 2025	30	78	2.6	27	0.90
Sep 2024	11	63	5.7	7	0.64
Sep 2023	27	67	2.5	18	0.67
Sep 2022	30	88	2.9	25	0.83
Sep 2021	27	75	2.8	22	0.81
Sep 2020	29	85	2.9	22	0.76
Sep 2019	29	82	2.8	31	1.07
Sep 2018	30	103	3.4	38	1.27
Sep 2017	29	119	4.1	31	1.07
Sep 2016	30	119	4.0	49	1.63
Sep 2015	30	107	3.6	32	1.07
Sep 2014	27	91	3.4	26	0.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 84% · Maths 84% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%35th of 69 in Stockport

Stockport 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard74%

Stockport 83% England 78%

Higher standard39%

Stockport 36% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard84%

Stockport 76% England 75%

Greater depth13%

Stockport 12% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard84%

Stockport 84% England 77%

Higher standard29%

Stockport 28% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Stockport median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	65%	6%	107	107
2023/24	58%	13%	105	103
2022/23	63%	6%	104	105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Prospect Vale Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
North Cheshire Jewish Primary School
0.6 km · Stockport

Good2024

1.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Lum Head Primary School
0.9 km · Stockport

Remains Good2024

4.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Etchells Primary School
0.9 km · Stockport

2026

2.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Peel Hall Primary Academy
1.1 km · Manchester

Special measures Inadequate2023

3.2applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School
1.3 km · Manchester

Good2024

3.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Bolshaw Primary School
1.3 km · Stockport

Remains Good2022

4.0applications per place
Outwood Primary School
1.5 km · Stockport

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Cheadle Catholic Infant School
1.6 km · Stockport

Good2023

2.7applications per place

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 106071 · 356/2079
Capacity: 210 pupils · 230 on roll
Free school meals: 19.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Prospect Vale, Off Brown Lane, Heald Green, Cheadle, SK8 3RJ
Local authority: Stockport

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources