Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Stockport
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry1,442 applications · 204 places offered · 330 named it first
- 2026 7.1; Stockport median median 2.7
- 2025 7.3; Stockport median median 2.8
- 2024 6.9; Stockport median median 2.9
- 2023 5.7; Stockport median median 2.4
- 2022 5.5; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2021 5.3; Stockport median median 1.9
- 2020 5.2; Stockport median median 2.0
- 2019 4.2; Stockport median median 1.9
- 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 | 204 | 1,442 | 7.1 | 330 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2025 | 206 | 1,507 | 7.3 | 391 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 216 | 1,491 | 6.9 | 437 | 2.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 205 | 1,158 | 5.7 | 365 | 1.78 |
| Sep 2022 | 200 | 1,098 | 5.5 | 357 | 1.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 207 | 1,098 | 5.3 | 332 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2020 | 205 | 1,060 | 5.2 | 396 | 1.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 202 | 845 | 4.2 | 304 | 1.50 |
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.) | 208 | 58.2 | 70% | 85% | – |
| 2024/25 | 212 | 54.5 | 60% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 204 | 54.6 | 59% | 80% | +0.51 |
| 2022/23 | 209 | 54.8 | 60% | 78% | +0.30 |
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
- Laurus Cheadle HulmeThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20237.1applications per place 58.2Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Stockport20261.5applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Stockport20264.3applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · ManchesterStandards maintained20252.9applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · StockportGood20233.2applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · ManchesterRemains Good20243.5applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · StockportRequires improvement20192.1applications per place 55.8Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145893 · 356/4005
- Trust
- The Laurus Trust
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,054 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Address
- Cheadle Road, Cheadle, SK8 5GB
- Local authority
- Stockport
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources