Local authority · North West
Stockport has 22 secondary schools in this dataset — 15 state-funded and 7 independent. 2 are selective, admitting on an entrance test; 6 have a religious character; 7 have a sixth form.
The typical school here posts a three-year Progress 8 of -0.06 (average) — which is level with the national median — as an area it is neither ahead of nor behind the country. That is the middle of the 13 schools in this area with a published score.
The spread inside the area is wider than the gap between areas: from -0.49 to +0.74. Which school a child goes to matters more here than which area you move to.
For 2026 entry the typical school here drew 0.96 first preferences per place — more pressure than the national median of 0.95×. 6 of the 14 schools with published figures were named first by more families than they had places for. A high figure means popular, not good, and it is not your chance of a place — that depends on where you live.
Overall absence runs at 8.5% for the typical school here, below the national median of 8.7%. Absence is a plainer signal of whether pupils are turning up and engaged than any grade average.
Ordered on the three-year average Progress 8, which is steadier than any single year. Read the confidence interval beside each score before you read the order: it is the range the school's true figure is likely to sit in, and a wide one means a small year group rather than an unpredictable school.
| School | Progress 8 | 95% interval | Attainment 8 | Pressure | Ofsted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheadle Hulme High SchoolAcademy converter | +0.74well above average | +0.69 to +1.042023–24 | 58.6 | 1.58× | — |
| 2 | Laurus Cheadle HulmeFree schools | +0.40above average | +0.31 to +0.702023–24 | 54.7 | 1.62× | Outstanding |
| 3 | Priestnall SchoolAcademy converter | +0.40above average | +0.23 to +0.582023–24 | 56.8 | 1.23× | Requires improvement |
| 4 | Hazel Grove High SchoolAcademy converter | +0.27above average | +0.02 to +0.372023–24 | 50.1 | 0.94× | Expected standard (achievement) |
| 5 | St James' Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | +0.23above average | +0.01 to +0.462023–24 | 53.6 | 1.06× | Expected standard (achievement) |
| 6 | Bramhall High SchoolCommunity school | +0.19average | -0.27 to +0.112023–24 | 52.6 | 0.61× | Good |
| 7 | Stockport AcademyAcademy sponsor led | -0.06average | +0.04 to +0.452023–24 | 45.5 | 0.95× | Good (Concerns) (ungraded) |
| 8 | The Kingsway SchoolAcademy converter | -0.08average | -0.44 to -0.082023–24 | 48.3 | 0.45× | Expected standard (achievement) |
| 9 | Stockport SchoolCommunity school | -0.09average | +0.07 to +0.422023–24 | 46.2 | 1.22× | Good |
| 10 | St Anne's RC Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | -0.16average | -0.46 to +0.062023–24 | 44.4 | 0.73× | Good |
| 11 | Harrytown Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school | -0.45below average | -0.56 to -0.092023–24 | 43.8 | 0.98× | — |
| 12 | Reddish Vale High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | -0.49below average | -0.49 to -0.092023–24 | 40.7 | 0.60× | Inadequate |
| 13 | Werneth SchoolAcademy sponsor led | -0.49below average | -0.64 to -0.272023–24 | 38.7 | 0.59× | Needs attention (achievement) |
1 of the 12 other schools ranked here have a confidence interval that overlaps Cheadle Hulme High School's. On these figures they cannot be told apart from the school at the top of the table, and the order between them is not a finding. 2 schools here have an interval that includes zero (shaded above) — those cannot be told apart from an average school nationally.
These are not bottom of the table — they are not in it. A school with no published score has not done badly; the measure was not calculated for it, and the reason differs.
| Aquinas College | Sixth-form or 16–19 site — no GCSE cohort, so no Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| Cheadle Hulme School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| Covenant Christian School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| Hulme Hall Grammar School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| Marple Hall School | No Progress 8 published — usually a new school, a special school, or too small a cohort |
| North West Hospital School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| Penarth Group School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| Progress Schools - Stockport | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| Stockport Grammar School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
The most sought-after school in Stockport for 2026 entry was Laurus Cheadle Hulme at 1.62 first preferences per place — 330 families named it first for 204 places.
Pressure is not a chance of admission. A school with two applicants per place can still admit every family living near it, while a less popular school further away turns you down. Distance from the gate is usually what decides it, and no national figure can tell you that for your own address.
See Stockport on the map →The same schools on a map, with every filter: results, admissions pressure, Ofsted, faith and selection — or sorted by distance from your own postcode.Admissions do not stop at an authority line. If you live near one, your realistic list of schools spans both sides of it.
The results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, so they describe pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers sixth-form results, pastoral care, music, sport or drama, or how a school feels to walk around — which is what parents most often say settled it. The ranking is a starting point for a shortlist, not a verdict on a school.
Nor is it a prediction of a place. Admission depends on each school's criteria and, most often, on how far you live from it — and in Stockport you apply for a state-funded place through the council's coordinated scheme, naming several schools in order of preference.