Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Cheadle, Stockport
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.701 miles
Published by Stockport Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)
Laurus Cheadle Hulme is a secondary school in Cheadle, Stockport for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Stockport has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Laurus Cheadle Hulme 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 | 0.701 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.591 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.765 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 0.863 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 0.984 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.701 miles away, the shortest of 14 Stockport secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.69 miles).
- For Year 7 entry, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2022.
- 2026 Year 7 entry had 330 first-choice applications for 204 offers: 1.6 first choices per offer, the highest of 14 Stockport secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 60% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest 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
- Cheadle Road, Cheadle, SK8 5GB
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Stockport
- Pupils on roll
- 1,054 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Laurus Cheadle Hulme is an exceptional place for pupils to learn in.”
- “The school’s vision to be unashamedly ambitious, regardless of background or circumstance, is at the heart of every aspect of school life.”
- “Leaders place no limits on what pupils can achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2023 (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) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.5 | 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: 330 first-preference applications, 204 offers in total, 175 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.
- The Kingsway School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheadle Hulme High School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St James' Catholic High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stockport Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bramhall High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Priestnall School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stockport School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hazel Grove High School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published