Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B76
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cheadle, SK8 5GB
- Distance
- 1.6km away
The Kingsway School
Foxland Road, Cheadle, SK8 4QX
Local ranking8th of 14 secondary schools in Stockport
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1570
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 24 February 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 249
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1292
- Boys
- 607 (48%)
- Girls
- 653 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1570 (80% full)
- SEND
- 19.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.5%
- EAL
- 16.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 15.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,910/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
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 64.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 13.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.9%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
64.2%
White British
13.6%
Asian Pakistani
2.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Foxland Road
Cheadle, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 142509
- UKPRN
- 10054989
- Establishment No.
- 4040
- Trust
- EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST
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