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Stockport Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Heathbank Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport SK3 0UP · stockport-academy.org · 0161 286 0330
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47
- average Attainment 8 score. Stockport 47.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,023
- 3 over 1,020 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 41.2%
- First language not English
- 17.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 190 families put the school first and 199 places were offered; 86% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 199 | 190 | 1 | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 205 | 219 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 215 | 213 | 1 | 78% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 206 | 211 | 1▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 206 | 168 | 0.8 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47, and 47% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Stockport it was 47.1, and across England 46.
In 2016/17 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47 | 46 | ||
| ●47.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼62.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲69.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.39 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.1 | −2.6 |
| Sixth form college | 26.9 | −6.3 |
| Further education | 57.5 | +9.8 |
| Other education | 0.5 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.1 | −0.5 |
| Employment | 1.6 | −3.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.2 | +0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.1 | +2.5 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2016/17 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 students | D+ (24.1) | -0.63 | |
| 28 students | D+ (24.1) | -0.63 | |
| Applied general9 students | — | -1.42 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 36 | D (20.7) | -0.34 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2016/17 | |
|---|---|
| University | 52 |
| Apprenticeship | 10 |
| Employment | 21 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 14 |
| Activity not captured | 3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Stockport Academy on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Mar 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (78 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 78
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (35%) with SEND