Royal School, Manchester
Stanley Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 6RQ
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of Education
- Mrs Emma Houldcroft
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 67
- URN
- 106166
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01616100100
About this school
Royal School, Manchester is a special school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 67 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 16 November 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Royal School, Manchester has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54 |
| 2023/24 | 64 |
| 2024/25 | 63 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.33%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 11.13%
- Persistent absence
- 25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Royal College Manchester (Seashell Trust)0.0 miles
Other types · Cheadle
-
Willow House School0.1 miles
Special schools · Greater Manchester
-
Oakgrove School0.4 miles
Academies · Cheadle
-
Cheadle Hulme School1.0 miles
Independent schools · Cheadle
-
North West Hospital School1.0 miles
Independent schools · Cheadle
Other schools in Stockport
- Acorns School Special schools
- Agricultural and Rural Centre Special schools
- Brinksway School Special schools
- Castle Hill High School Special schools
- Heaton School Special schools
- Highfields College Local authority maintained schools
- Inscape House School Special schools
- Laurus Grace Free Schools
- Lisburne School Academies
- Moat House Local authority maintained schools
- Pear Tree Specialist Support High School Free Schools
- Pure Innovations Trading As Pure College Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does Royal School, Manchester teach?
- Royal School, Manchester teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Stockport.
- Who is the head of education of Royal School, Manchester?
- The head of education of Royal School, Manchester is Mrs Emma Houldcroft, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Royal School, Manchester last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Royal School, Manchester, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Royal School, Manchester?
- Royal School, Manchester has 67 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Royal School, Manchester full?
- Royal School, Manchester has capacity for 80 pupils and 67 on roll (84%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Royal School, Manchester a faith school?
- No. Royal School, Manchester has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Royal School, Manchester have?
- The schools register lists Royal School, Manchester's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Royal School, Manchester's absence rate?
- Royal School, Manchester's overall absence rate is 11.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Royal School, Manchester's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Royal School, Manchester's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.