# St James' Catholic High School

St James' Catholic High School is a secondary school in Stockport, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 824 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E106142. [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 824
- Council: Stockport
- URN: 106142

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 28 April 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St James' Catholic High School was 52.4, against 48.8 in Stockport and 46.2 in England.
51.5% 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 | 52.4 | 48.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51.5% | 51.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72.1% | 69.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 165 | – | – |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Thorn Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thorn-grove-primary-school-e106079): 510 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2024. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Cheadle Hulme High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cheadle-hulme-high-school-e137843): 920 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 59.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Willow House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willow-house-school-e136230): 960 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Cheadle Hulme School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cheadle-hulme-school-e106157): 1 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Royal School, Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/royal-school-manchester-e106166): 1 km. Special. School remains Outstanding, November 2022
- [Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/royal-college-manchester-seashell-trust-e139218): 1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/106142)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106142)

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