The Kingsway School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Cheadle, SK8 4QX
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle Road, Cheadle, SK8 5GB
Local ranking2nd of 14 secondary schools in Stockport
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 21 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 58.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 69.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 85.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1049
- Boys
- 524 (50%)
- Girls
- 530 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 21.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.3%
- EAL
- 17.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.7%
- SEN Support
- 16.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,397/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
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.0%
- Other: 3.0%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
70.5%
White British
11.0%
Asian Pakistani
3.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cheadle Road
Cheadle, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 145893
- UKPRN
- 10068126
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- THE LAURUS TRUST
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