Schools in Cheadle
Cheadle is an affluent suburban town in the Stockport metropolitan borough with 25 state schools, including 15 primaries spread across Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme and surrounding residential areas. Stockport Council coordinates admissions, applying nearest-school and sibling-priority criteria for community schools.
Competition for places at Cheadle's most popular primary schools has increased as the area attracts families relocating from Manchester. Some schools in the Cheadle Hulme area are consistently oversubscribed, with the last distance offered occasionally falling below 500 metres - parents should verify the most recent figures in Stockport's annual admissions booklet.
School demand in Cheadle
Across the 23 schools in Cheadle with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 88%. 5 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
4 schools in Cheadle have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Cheadle are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Stockport, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Cheadle have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Cheadle: 4 oversubscribed (15)
Cheadle Village Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 1BB
Etchells Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 3DL
Hursthead Infant School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 7PZ
Ladybridge Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 2JF
Prospect Vale Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 3RJ
Thorn Grove Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 7LD
Lum Head Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 4RR
Outwood Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 3ND
Cheadle Catholic Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Cheadle · SK8 6DB
Cheadle Catholic Junior School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Cheadle · SK8 6DB
North Cheshire Jewish Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Cheadle · SK8 4RZ
Bradshaw Hall Primary School
Primary · Community school
Cheadle · SK8 6AN
Hursthead Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Cheadle · SK8 7PZ
Meadowbank Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Cheadle · SK8 2LE
Bolshaw Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Cheadle · SK8 3LW
Secondary Schools in Cheadle (4)
St James' Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school
Cheadle · SK8 6PZ
Cheadle Hulme High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Cheadle · SK8 7JY
The Kingsway School
Secondary · Academy converter
Cheadle · SK8 4QX
Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Secondary · Free schools
Cheadle · SK8 5GB
Other Schools in Cheadle (6)
Greenbank Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Cheadle · SK8 6HU
Lady Barn House School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Cheadle · SK8 1JE
Cheadle Hulme School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Cheadle · SK8 6EF
Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)
Not applicable · Special post 16 institution
Cheadle · SK8 6RQ
North West Hospital School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Cheadle · SK8 3DG
Oakgrove School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Cheadle · SK8 3BU
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Cheadle are set by Stockport and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.