Stockport Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Stockport
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.107 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
Stockport Academy is a secondary school in Stockport for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Stockport Academy 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 | 1.107 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.949 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.943 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.054 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 1.107 miles away, the 4th shortest of 14 Stockport secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.69 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance, and it stayed close to the year before in every year.
- Year 7 2026 had 190 first-choice applications for 199 offers: 163 offers went to first-choice families, and 27 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 47 (England 46).
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
- Heathbank Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, SK3 0UP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 1,023 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe in this caring school.”
- “Strong relationship between pupils and staff are built on a foundation of mutual respect.”
- “Pupils benefit from high-quality pastoral support.”
To improve
- “However, in some cases, these checks are not used consistently well to help pupils embed knowledge.”
- “At times, some teachers do not use the information about what pupils know and remember well enough to design activities that help pupils to apply and to practise what they have learned.”
- “This hampers some pupils from developing a secure understanding in that subject.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 March 2025 (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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47 | 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: 190 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 163 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.
- Priestnall School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Laurus Cheadle Hulme 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Stockport School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Kingsway School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheadle Hulme High School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bramhall High School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Catholic High School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published