St James' Catholic High School

Term dates

Voluntary aided schools 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.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Stockport's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 165 families put this school as their first choice, and 155 places were offered. 133 of the families who put it first got a place (81%). More families put it first than there were places.

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.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 28 April 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Read the Ofsted reports

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

Voluntary aided school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

824 (capacity 825)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Shrewsbury

Phone

01614826900

Address

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

Website

stjamescheadle.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports