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St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary

Academy sponsor led in Stockport, SK5 6BL, taking ages 3 to 11, 227 on roll.

Requires improvement Ofsted, Apr 2024
0.83 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
72% Full
55.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.83 miles away.

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

The circle is 0.83 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary: 0.83 miles, 2026/27 Abingdon Primary School: 3.29 miles, 2026/27, published by Stockport

This is not a catchment area. 0.83 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 St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary 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 and faith criteria 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 St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary and Abingdon Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Abingdon Primary School admitted from 3.29 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 SK5 at £232,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom St Elisabeth's Church of England PrimaryFrom Abingdon Primary SchoolMedian sold price
SK5 Stockport 0.5 mi 0.1 mi £232,000 135 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 St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Reddish Vale High School Both in reach Secondary 2.35 mi 2026/27 0.4 mi
Abingdon Primary School Both in reach Primary 3.29 mi 2026/27 0.5 mi
Broadstone Hall Primary School Both in reach Primary 4.08 mi 2026/27 0.6 mi
Vale View Primary School Both in reach Primary 3.28 mi 2026/27 0.6 mi
St Mary's Church of England Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.36 mi 2026/27 0.8 mi
Whitehill Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.67 mi 2026/27 1.1 mi

The distance as a picture

St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary catchment area map: the 0.83 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 characterChurch of England
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 227 pupils in 315 places (72% full)
TrustTHRIVE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST LTD
Local authorityStockport

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Requires improvement, inspected 24 April 2024
Meeting the expected standard 55.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 55.0%
2023/24 56.0%
2022/23 54.0%

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

Who goes to St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary

Girls and boys50.2% girls, 49.8% boys
English as an additional language15.9% of pupils
Free school meals32.2% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary

Cheapest district inside the 0.83 miles: SK5, median £232,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
SK5 Stockport 0.5 mi £232,000 135 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.83 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 St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary by bus

Best-served stop: Sykes Street, 0.2 mi away, with 10.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 04:53, last 00:08 after midnight.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Higginson Road0.2 mi9.86.05.4203, 42A, 7, 787, 790, 805
Sykes Street0.2 mi10.26.55.6203, 42A, 7, 787, 790, 805
Houldsworth Square0.2 mi1.81.21.07, 787

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 St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around SK5: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at SK5 6BL, 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 St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary?

St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary 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 0.83 miles away, per Stockport.

How close do I need to live to get a place at St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.83 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 St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria 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

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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.