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Moorfield Primary School

Community school in Stockport, SK7 5HP, taking ages 4 to 11, 367 on roll.

Report card Ofsted, May 2026
14.05 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
87% Full
57.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 14.05 miles away.

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

The circle is 14.05 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Moorfield Primary School: 14.05 miles, 2026/27 Norbury Hall Primary School: 2.44 miles, 2026/27, published by Stockport

This is not a catchment area. 14.05 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 Moorfield Primary 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 Moorfield Primary School and Norbury Hall Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Norbury Hall Primary School admitted from 2.44 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 SK7 at £360,000; the dearest shown, SK12, £524,500. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Moorfield Primary SchoolFrom Norbury Hall Primary SchoolMedian sold price
SK7 Stockport 0.6 mi 1.0 mi £360,000 100 sales
SK12 Cheshire East 2.1 mi 1.8 mi £524,500 30 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. 1 more district falls inside both without enough recorded sales to rank: SK2.

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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 Moorfield Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Hazel Grove High School Both in reach Secondary 1.57 mi 2026/27 0.2 mi
Norbury Hall Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.44 mi 2026/27 0.5 mi
Hazel Grove Primary School Both in reach Primary 4.45 mi 2026/27 0.8 mi
Bramhall High School Both in reach Secondary 4.1 mi 2026/27 0.9 mi
Ladybrook Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.92 mi 2026/27 0.9 mi
Great Moor Infant School Both in reach Primary 0.88 mi 2026/27 1.1 mi

The distance as a picture

Moorfield Primary School catchment area map: the 14.05 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 367 pupils in 420 places (87% full)
Local authorityStockport

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Report card, May 2026: 7 at the expected standard
Report card
  • Safeguarding Met
  • Inclusion Expected standard
  • Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
  • Achievement Expected standard
  • Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
  • Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
  • Early years Expected standard
  • Post-16 provision Not applicable
  • Leadership and governance Expected standard
Ofsted stopped giving schools a single overall grade in 2024; from November 2025 each area is judged on this five-point scale.
Meeting the expected standard 57.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 57.0%
2023/24 64.0%
2022/23 66.0%

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

Who goes to Moorfield Primary School

Girls and boys44.1% girls, 55.9% boys
English as an additional language6.8% of pupils
Free school meals7.1% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Moorfield Primary School

Cheapest district inside the 14.05 miles: SK1, median £160,000. Dearest: SK12, £524,500.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
SK1 Stockport 2.6 mi £160,000 83 sales
M22 Manchester 5.4 mi £230,000 56 sales
SK5 Stockport 4.4 mi £232,000 135 sales
SK3 Stockport 2.5 mi £245,000 160 sales
SK9 Cheshire East 5.1 mi £265,000 43 sales
M19 Manchester 5.2 mi £320,000 77 sales
SK8 Stockport 3.2 mi £350,000 97 sales
SK7 Stockport 0.6 mi £360,000 100 sales
SK4 Stockport 3.9 mi £385,000 149 sales
SK6 Stockport 3.1 mi £419,000 114 sales
SK12 Cheshire East 2.1 mi £524,500 30 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 14.05 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 Moorfield Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: Moorfield School, 77 yd away, with 1.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:01, last 21:55.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Moorfield School77 yd1.20.80.6374, 815, 876
Moorfield School92 yd1.20.50.6374, 815, 876
Boscombe Drive0.2 mi1.20.50.6374, 815, 876

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 Moorfield Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around SK7: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at SK7 5HP, 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 Moorfield Primary School?

Moorfield Primary 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 14.05 miles away, per Stockport.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Moorfield Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 14.05 miles was enough in 2026/27. 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 Moorfield Primary 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 →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

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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.