Stockport School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Stockport
Mile End Lane, Stockport, SK2 6BW
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 10/12/2019
Application demand
78%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
89.4%
29.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,341
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,350 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
78%
1st preference success rate
248 of 317 families who put it first got an offer
268
Places offered
759
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 317 | 248 | ● 78% |
| 2nd preference | 153 | 10 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 112 | 7 | ● 6% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 177 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Total | 759 | 268 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Stockport lets families list 6 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Ian Irwin
- Address
- Mile End Lane, Stockport, SK2 6BW
- Phone
- 01614833622
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Ward / constituency
- Offerton · Cheadle
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 106135
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 32% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,341 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
08 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained - 19
10 December 2019
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,393 pupils
Attendance
89.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
29.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.25 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.48 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 50.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 49% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.14 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 263 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 259 | 17% | 61% | 76% | |
| English Language | 259 | 12% | 47% | 69% | |
| English Literature | 250 | 10% | 52% | 67% | |
| Statistics | 219 | 12% | 59% | 79% | |
| Combined Science | 202 | 1% | 27% | 57% | |
| Geography | 151 | 21% | 52% | 63% | |
| History | 105 | 17% | 41% | 57% | |
| Art and Design | 84 | 12% | 50% | 87% | |
| French | 76 | 26% | 79% | 82% | |
| Biology | 55 | 38% | 93% | 100% | |
| Physics | 55 | 45% | 89% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 55 | 33% | 87% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Stockport council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.