Stockport School

Stockport School is performing well overall, with a quality of education deemed good across multiple domains including behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school boasts a well-run environment and high expectations from leaders towards their pupils, contributing to strong academic achievements, particularly in English, science, and mathematics. Parents and students appreciate the ambitious curriculum, which helps prepare pupils for their future. However, there are concerns regarding a small number of subjects in key stage 3 where the curriculum lacks ambition, creating some gaps in knowledge for pupils.

Strengths

• Well-run and oversubscribed school with high expectations.
• Ambitious curriculum that meets pupils' needs.
• Strong performance in English, science, and mathematics.
• Active engagement with personal development and community issues.
• Effective safeguarding measures and staff vigilance.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects in key stage 3 lack ambition.
• Regular absenteeism persists among disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Stockport School attended 89.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.1% of pupils at Stockport School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Stockport School had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.4% of pupils at Stockport School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Stockport School received £8,186 and spent £8,388 for each of its 1,342 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £611,000 (£455 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Stockport School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stockport School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Stockport School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stockport School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Stockport School have?

Stockport School has 1,341 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stockport School cover?

Stockport School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Stockport School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.9, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Stockport School?

Stockport School is at Mile End Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6BW.