School admissions in Stockport

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

79 schools. 14 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Woodford Primary SchoolStockport	1.50	30
Alexandra Park Primary SchoolStockport	1.40	60
Fairway Primary SchoolStockport	1.30	30
Bradshaw Hall Primary SchoolCheadle	1.27	59
All Saints Church of England Primary School MarpleStockport	1.27	30
Torkington Primary SchoolStockport	1.27	30
Ladybrook Primary SchoolStockport	1.23	30
Cheadle Hulme Primary SchoolStockport	1.22	60
Tithe Barn Primary SchoolStockport	1.13	30
Greave Primary SchoolStockport	1.11	44
Norris Bank Primary SchoolStockport	1.07	60
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolStockport	1.06	31
Great Moor Infant SchoolStockport	1.04	78
Gatley Primary SchoolStockport	1.02	90
Abingdon Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	14
Arden Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	53
Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	22
Brookside Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	18
Lark Hill Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	16
Mersey Vale Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	14
North Cheshire Jewish Primary SchoolCheadle	1.00	27
St Ambrose Catholic Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	17
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyStockport	1.00	20
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	20
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyStockport	1.00	9
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyStockport	1.00	2
St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolStockport	1.00	24
St Paul's Church of England Primary School BrinningtonStockport	1.00	32
St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyStockport	1.00	27
Hursthead Infant SchoolCheadle	0.98	61
Didsbury Road Primary SchoolStockport	0.98	52
Cale Green Primary SchoolStockport	0.98	45
Dial Park Primary SchoolStockport	0.98	43
Westmorland Primary SchoolStockport	0.97	36
Broadstone Hall Primary SchoolStockport	0.97	60
Ludworth Primary SchoolStockport	0.97	60
Romiley Primary SchoolStockport	0.97	60
Norbury Hall Primary SchoolStockport	0.97	59
Cheadle Village Primary SchoolCheadle	0.97	29
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolStockport	0.97	29
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyStockport	0.96	28
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton ChapelStockport	0.96	77
Bredbury Green Primary SchoolStockport	0.96	24
Prospect Vale Primary SchoolCheadle	0.96	24
Bolshaw Primary SchoolCheadle	0.96	23
Cheadle Catholic Infant SchoolCheadle	0.95	58
Ladybridge Primary SchoolCheadle	0.94	18
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary AcademyStockport	0.94	50
Mellor Primary SchoolStockport	0.94	16
Vale View Primary SchoolStockport	0.93	41
Woodley Primary SchoolStockport	0.92	53
All Saints Church of England Primary School StockportStockport	0.92	13
St Elisabeth's Church of England PrimaryStockport	0.92	13
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolStockport	0.92	26
Oak Tree Primary SchoolStockport	0.92	76
Warren Wood Primary SchoolStockport	0.92	50
Rose Hill Primary SchoolStockport	0.92	59
Hazel Grove Primary SchoolStockport	0.91	34
Vernon Park Primary SchoolStockport	0.91	32
St Simon's Catholic Primary SchoolStockport	0.90	21
Meadowbank Primary SchoolCheadle	0.90	51
Bridge Hall Primary SchoolStockport	0.90	10
Banks Lane Infant SchoolStockport	0.90	86
Lum Head Primary SchoolCheadle	0.89	19
St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyStockport	0.89	19
High Lane Primary SchoolStockport	0.88	25
Moorfield Primary SchoolStockport	0.88	33
Bramhall Park Primary SchoolStockport	0.88	49
Whitehill Primary SchoolStockport	0.87	23
Pownall Green Primary SchoolStockport	0.87	60
Etchells Primary SchoolCheadle	0.86	50
Cheadle Heath Primary SchoolStockport	0.85	54
Outwood Primary SchoolCheadle	0.83	23
Thorn Grove Primary SchoolCheadle	0.82	28
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School StockportStockport	0.81	16
Lane End Primary SchoolStockport	0.80	25
Moss Hey Primary SchoolStockport	0.80	30
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolStockport	0.79	19
St George's Church of England Primary SchoolStockport	0.78	18

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

14 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Laurus Cheadle HulmeCheadle	1.62	204
Cheadle Hulme High SchoolCheadle	1.58	262
Priestnall SchoolStockport	1.23	252
Stockport SchoolStockport	1.22	255
Marple Hall SchoolStockport	1.21	320
St James' Catholic High SchoolCheadle	1.06	155
Harrytown Catholic High SchoolStockport	0.98	156
Stockport AcademyStockport	0.95	199
Hazel Grove High SchoolStockport	0.94	263
St Anne's RC Voluntary AcademyStockport	0.73	147
Bramhall High SchoolStockport	0.61	292
Reddish Vale High SchoolStockport	0.60	188
Werneth SchoolStockport	0.59	238
The Kingsway SchoolCheadle	0.45	268