Academy · Stockport
Priestnall School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Stockport council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 311 families put this school as their first choice, and 252 places were offered. 247 of the families who put it first got a place (79%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 252 | 311 | 79% |
| September 2025 | 257 | 297 | 80% |
| September 2024 | 273 | 277 | 93% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- LSC @ Priestnall Life Leisure. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 29 October 2019. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Priestnall School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 1312 (capacity 1275)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- THE LAURUS TRUST
- Phone
- 01615497300
- Address
- Priestnall Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3HP
- Website
- priestnallschool.org.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.