St James' Catholic High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C65
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cheadle, SK8 6PZ
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Cheadle Hulme High School
Woods Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK8 7JY
Local ranking1st of 13 secondary schools in Stockport
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 60.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 75.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 88.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 78.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 268
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B+
Avg A-Level Grade
44.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
44.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
155
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 33.8% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 308
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1690
- Boys
- 866 (51%)
- Girls
- 824 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (102% full)
- SEND
- 15.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.3%
- EAL
- 20.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 112.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,950/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 69.1%
- Asian Chinese: 9.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 6.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- White Other: 1.8%
69.1%
White British
9.0%
Asian Chinese
6.0%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137843
- UKPRN
- 10036411
- Establishment No.
- 4039
- Trust
- THE LAURUS TRUST
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