Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Stockport
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 24 February 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry663 applications · 155 places offered · 165 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.3; Stockport median median 2.7
- 2025 4.3; Stockport median median 2.8
- 2024 3.9; Stockport median median 2.9
- 2023 3.4; Stockport median median 2.4
- 2022 3.0; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2021 2.5; Stockport median median 1.9
- 2020 2.2; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2019 2.4; Stockport median median 1.9
- 2018 2.7; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2017 3.4; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2016 2.7; Stockport median median 2.3
- 2015 2.4; Stockport median median 2.2
- 2014 2.1; Stockport median median 2.1
- This school
- Stockport median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 155 | 663 | 4.3 | 165 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2025 | 151 | 643 | 4.3 | 169 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 163 | 639 | 3.9 | 162 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 156 | 536 | 3.4 | 186 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 161 | 484 | 3.0 | 181 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 162 | 410 | 2.5 | 147 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 161 | 351 | 2.2 | 151 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 157 | 369 | 2.4 | 143 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 158 | 423 | 2.7 | 171 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 | 154 | 530 | 3.4 | 210 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2016 | 154 | 419 | 2.7 | 163 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 | 149 | 358 | 2.4 | 172 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 | 151 | 322 | 2.1 | 143 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 165 | 52.4 | 52% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 165 | 51.1 | 46% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 158 | 52.9 | 59% | 77% | +0.23 |
| 2022/23 | 156 | 51.5 | 55% | 76% | +0.23 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St James' Catholic High SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.3applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · StockportOutstanding20237.1applications per place 58.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · StockportGood20233.2applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Stockport20261.5applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Stockport20264.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · Cheshire EastStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · StockportStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 106142 · 356/4600
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 825 pupils · 824 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- St James' Way, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK8 6PZ
- Local authority
- Stockport
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources