Secondary
Priestnall School
Priestnall Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3HP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1312 of 1275 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.0
- Local authority
- Stockport
- SEN provision
- Yes
- Trust
- THE LAURUS TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 120.7
- Pupils per adult
- 10.5
- Pupils
- 1,272
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2019
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
57%
9 points above the Stockport average (48% across 14 schools)
52.6
4.9 above the Stockport average (47.7 across 14 schools)
9th of 14 by our score, among the secondary schools in Stockport we can score - 26 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.59 |
| Entered the EBacc | 24% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 64% |
| 24/25 | 57% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 56.8 |
| 24/25 | 52.6 |
Priestnall Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3HP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Stockport admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Rachel Howarth
- Address
- Priestnall Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3HP
- Telephone
- 01615497300