Priestnall School
Secondary schoolPriestnall School is a secondary school in Stockport, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,312 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), October 2019, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 29 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Priestnall School was 55.8, against 48.8 in Stockport and 46.2 in England.
67.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 55.8 | 48.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67.8% | 51.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81.2% | 69.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 245 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Tithe Barn Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Freshfield Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, July 2024320 m
- St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 m
- Didsbury Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)600 m
- St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed600 m
- Stella Maris SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file700 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Stockport
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).