Priestnall School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stockport, SK4 3HP
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Stockport Academy
Heathbank Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, SK3 0UP
Local ranking5th of 14 secondary schools in Stockport
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1020
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 196
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1011
- Boys
- 517 (51%)
- Girls
- 506 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1020 (100% full)
- SEND
- 21.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.8%
- EAL
- 17.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 18.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,366/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 73.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.8%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Black African: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Asian Chinese: 2.1%
- Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
73.7%
White British
4.8%
Asian Pakistani
3.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Heathbank Road
Stockport, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 135262
- UKPRN
- 10021057
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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