How many schools are in Stockport?

Stockport has 137 open schools: 86 primary schools and 14 secondary schools across 6 areas. Data sourced from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools (GIAS) register.

What areas are covered by Stockport school catchment zones?

Stockport administers catchment areas across 6 areas, including Stockport, Cheadle, Other, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and more. Each school's catchment boundary is set by the local authority and reviewed annually as part of the admissions process.

How do school catchment areas work in Stockport?

In Stockport, catchment areas define a geographical zone around each school. Children living within the catchment boundary are given priority in oversubscription criteria. The exact boundary, and the "last distance offered", changes each year based on application volumes. Official catchment maps and admissions policies are published by Stockport council each autumn.

Which schools in Stockport are oversubscribed?

Oversubscription varies by school and year in Stockport. Popular schools typically receive more applications than available places, meaning the "last distance offered" shrinks annually. To check demand for a specific school, consult the Stockport admissions authority's published offer data or the school's own admissions policy.

Stockport School Catchment Areas

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Stockport coordinates admissions across 86 primary and 14 secondary schools, with oversubscription criteria applied consistently across the authority.

Expect the tightest competition in and around Stockport and Cheadle, where popular primaries are regularly oversubscribed and last-distance-offered figures can shrink to a few hundred metres.

Selective schools are part of the mix in Stockport - for those applying to grammar schools, a selective admissions test is required in addition to the standard admissions process.

137 total 86 primary 14 secondary 6 areas

Based on the latest published capacity data, 22 of the 137 schools in Stockport are at or above their admission number, so catchment distance is decisive at those schools. Stockport has 4 selective schools that admit by entrance test rather than distance. 32 schools apply faith-based criteria alongside catchment distance. Of the 58 Stockport schools with a current Ofsted rating, 43 are rated Good or Outstanding.