Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Expected 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
- 24 February 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 23 May 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry412 applications · 268 places offered · 121 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Stockport median median 2.7
- 2025 1.7; Stockport median median 2.8
- 2024 1.9; Stockport median median 2.9
- 2023 2.4; Stockport median median 2.4
- 2022 2.5; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2021 2.0; Stockport median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2019 1.7; Stockport median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2016 2.1; Stockport median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Stockport median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Stockport median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Stockport median
Dashed bars: as The Kingsway School (URN 106141), the previous school.
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 | 268 | 412 | 1.5 | 121 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2025 | 301 | 514 | 1.7 | 117 | 0.39 |
| Sep 2024 | 293 | 564 | 1.9 | 128 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2023 | 266 | 641 | 2.4 | 194 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2022 | 258 | 640 | 2.5 | 194 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2021 | 285 | 569 | 2.0 | 209 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2020 | 281 | 526 | 1.9 | 152 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2019 | 317 | 527 | 1.7 | 160 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2018 | 272 | 533 | 2.0 | 183 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 | 317 | 614 | 1.9 | 240 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2016 * | 293 | 617 | 2.1 | 235 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 * | 298 | 571 | 1.9 | 263 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 296 | 476 | 1.6 | 221 | 0.75 |
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.) | 249 | 48.4 | 49% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 259 | 46.5 | 51% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 250 | 45.0 | 42% | 65% | −0.26 |
| 2022/23 | 251 | 46.9 | 44% | 68% | −0.06 |
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
- The Kingsway SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · StockportOutstanding20237.1applications per place 58.2Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · ManchesterStandards maintained20252.9applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · ManchesterSpecial measures 20261.2applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · ManchesterRemains Good20243.5applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Manchester20263.3applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Stockport20264.3applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 59.3Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142509 · 356/4040
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,570 pupils · 1,260 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 February 2016
- Replaced
- The Kingsway School (URN 106141)
- Address
- Foxland Road, Cheadle, SK8 4QX
- Local authority
- Stockport
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources