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Great Moor Infant School

Community school in Stockport, SK2 7DG, taking ages 3 to 7, 266 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Mar 2024
0.88 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
116% Full, over capacity

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.88 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.88 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Great Moor Infant School: 0.88 miles, 2026/27 Stockport School: 0.93 miles, 2026/27, published by Stockport

This is not a catchment area. 0.88 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Great Moor Infant School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2026/27, from Stockport. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Stockport, published admission distances, 2026/27

Where Great Moor Infant School and Stockport School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Stockport School admitted from 0.93 miles in 2026/27, published by Stockport. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is SK2 at £301,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Great Moor Infant SchoolFrom Stockport SchoolMedian sold price
SK2 Stockport 0.5 mi 0.3 mi £301,000 158 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Stockport, 55 of 267 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (20.6%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Great Moor Infant School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Stockport School Both in reach Secondary 0.93 mi 2026/27 0.3 mi
Hazel Grove Primary School Both in reach Primary 4.45 mi 2026/27 0.9 mi
Banks Lane Infant School Both in reach Primary 0.99 mi 2026/27 1.0 mi
Cale Green Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.56 mi 2026/27 1.0 mi
Adswood Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.81 mi 2026/27 1.1 mi
Dial Park Primary School Both in reach Primary 4.35 mi 2026/27 1.1 mi

The distance as a picture

Great Moor Infant School catchment area map: the 0.88 mile admission distance, 2026/27 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 266 pupils in 229 places (116% full, over capacity)
Local authorityStockport

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 17 March 2024

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Great Moor Infant School

Girls and boys44.4% girls, 55.6% boys
English as an additional language18.8% of pupils
Free school meals3.0% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Great Moor Infant School

Cheapest district inside the 0.88 miles: SK2, median £301,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
SK2 Stockport 0.5 mi £301,000 158 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.88 miles the school admitted from in 2026/27, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Great Moor Infant School by bus

Best-served stop: Woodsmoor Lane, 0.1 mi away, with 16.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 04:13, last 00:36 after midnight.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Woodsmoor Lane0.1 mi16.010.512.9192, 199, 391, 191, 815, 827
Cherry Tree Lane0.1 mi16.011.013.1192, 199, 391, 191, 815, X92
Woodsmoor Lane0.2 mi15.911.013.1192, 199, 391, 191, 815, X92

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Great Moor Infant School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around SK2: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at SK2 7DG, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Great Moor Infant School?

Great Moor Infant School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 0.88 miles away, per Stockport.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Great Moor Infant School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.88 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 116% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Great Moor Infant School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Stockport school's distance

All Stockport schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
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Admission distance published by Stockport. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.