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St James' Catholic High School

URN
106142
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St James' Catholic High School
URN
106142
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

62 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

70

Inspection

50

Admissions Value

55

Destinations

62

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#10 of 13 schools in Stockport

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for St James' Catholic High School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
28 April 2022
Inspection date
24 February 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 28 April 2022

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

151

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

643

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

151

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

4.26×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Stockport
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Stockport)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.stjamescheadle.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Stockport to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

51.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

46.1%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

72.7%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

45.5%

EBacc achievement

Location

SK8 6PZ - St James' Way, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire

Contact details

Address
St James' Way, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire
Postcode
SK8 6PZ
Phone
1614826900
Website
http://www.stjamescheadle.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Stockport
Local authority code
356

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 273 schools in Stockport.

Authority statistics

Total schools

273

Open schools

137

Closed schools

136

Primary schools

155

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 April 202224 February 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 28 April 2022
    • School remains Good

      Published
      28 April 2022
      Inspected
      24 February 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    23.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 121

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    22.4%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    88.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    38

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary155 (58.7%)
    • Secondary38 (14.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other71 (26.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Thorn Grove Primary School510 mPrimaryOpen
    Ivy Cottage Residential School652 mNot applicableClosed
    Cheadle Hulme High School917 mSecondaryClosed
    Cheadle Hulme High School917 mSecondaryOpen
    Cheadle Hulme County High School917 mSecondaryClosed
    Willow House School955 mNot applicableOpen
    Cheadle Hulme Junior School1.0 kmNot applicableClosed
    Cheadle Hulme School1.0 kmNot applicableOpen
    Royal School, Manchester1.0 kmNot applicableOpen
    Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)1.0 kmNot applicableOpen
    • Thorn Grove Primary School
      Distance
      510 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Ivy Cottage Residential School
      Distance
      652 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Cheadle Hulme High School
      Distance
      917 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Cheadle Hulme High School
      Distance
      917 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Stockport)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Aquinas CollegeSecondary-Closed
    Avondale High SchoolSecondarySK3 0UPClosed
    Bramhall County High SchoolSecondarySK7 2JTClosed
    Bramhall High SchoolSecondarySK7 2JTOpen
    Bredbury SchoolSecondarySK6 3BXClosed
    • Aquinas College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      -
      Status
      Closed
    • Avondale High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SK3 0UP
      Status
      Closed
    • Bramhall County High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SK7 2JT
      Status
      Closed
    • Bramhall High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SK7 2JT
      Status
      Open
    • Bredbury School
    Cheadle Hulme County High School
    Distance
    917 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Willow House School
    Distance
    955 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Cheadle Hulme Junior School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Cheadle Hulme School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Royal School, Manchester
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    SK6 3BX
    Status
    Closed