Stockport Academy
Heathbank Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, SK3 0UPOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Stockport Academy is a secondary school in Stockport for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 131 schools in Stockport. It ranks 4th of 10 secondary schools in Stockport. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025, report published 4 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 21 January 2025
Pupils are happy and feel safe in this caring school. Strong relationship between pupils and staff are built on a foundation of mutual respect. Pupils benefit from high-quality pastoral support. They appreciate and value this. Pupils are kind to one another. They value each other's uniqueness. Pupils understand and follow the school's clear 'chance, choice, consequence' behaviour policy. They behave extremely well. Pupils learn free from distraction. They are engaged in their learning and keen to take part in lessons. For example, pupils gladly volunteer to read aloud. There is a calmness in the corridors and around the school. Aspiration runs high and pupils know that there is no ceiling put on their success. The school's house system, named after four of the world's highest mountains, reflects the school's ambition for pupils to climb high and achieve well. Most pupils do. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enthusiastically take up a myriad of leadership roles such as sitting on the 'prefectural board', or becoming 'respect leaders' and 'language ambassadors'. They are proud to wear the ties and badges that represent these roles. Pupils enjoy the sense of community when they participate in 'Funday Friday' activities. They also enjoy celebrating their successes at 'WOW' (work of the week).
What the school should improve
- Sometimes, teachers do not use the information and strategies given to them to make suitable adaptations to learning. This hinders how well disadvantaged pupils, including some pupils with SEND, learn the curriculum. The school should ensure that teachers are equipped to successfully apply strategies to adapt learning so that these pupils achieve well.
- In some subjects, teachers do not check pupils' understanding and application of knowledge as well as they could. At times, pupils are not given the opportunity to consolidate their learning. This hampers some pupils from developing a secure understanding in that subject. The school should ensure that teachers use assessment strategies consistently well to identify where pupils need to practise and embed key knowledge and skills.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
185 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
1,023 pupils on roll, with places for 1,020
Schools near Stockport Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Schools - Stockport | 0.8 miles | Report card: Urgent improvement to needs attention | Attainment 8: 3.4 |
| Hulme Hall Grammar School | 1 mile | No Ofsted inspection | Attainment 8: 61.9 |
| Priestnall School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Requires improvement | Attainment 8: 52.6 |
| Laurus Cheadle Hulme | 2 miles | Ofsted: Outstanding | Attainment 8: 54.5 |
| St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 41.2 |
School details
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Janine McCann
- Phone
- 01612860330
- Address
- Heathbank Road, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, SK3 0UP
- Local authority
- Stockport
- URN
- 135262
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.