St James' Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Cheadle, Stockport
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.702 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)
St James' Catholic High School is a secondary school in Cheadle, Stockport for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
St James' Catholic High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.702 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 2.954 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 2.653 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 2.433 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 2.798 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.702 miles away, the 4th longest of 14 Stockport secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and 2022, and stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 165 first-choice applications for 155 offers; 133 offers went to first-choice families and 32 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Stockport.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Stockport schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St James' Way, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK8 6PZ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 824 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of belonging within this Catholic school community.”
- “Pupils are happy and benefit from positive relationships with staff.”
- “They demonstrate the school's values of family, faith and excellence.”
To improve
- “The achievement gap between disadvantaged pupils at this school and non-disadvantaged pupils nationally has widened over the past year.”
- “Leaders are monitoring and taking appropriate action to improve this and the small number of subjects where achievement is less positive.”
- “Leaders’ actions to support pupils' writing skills are less well developed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 165 first-preference applications, 155 offers in total, 133 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Stockport.
- Cheadle Hulme High School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Laurus Cheadle Hulme 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bramhall High School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Kingsway School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hazel Grove High School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stockport Academy 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stockport School 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Priestnall School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published