The Kingsway School
Foxland Road, Cheadle, SK8 4QX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Anna Fowler
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Education Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Cheadle
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,570
- Pupils on roll
- 1,260
- URN
- 142509
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614287706
About this school
The Kingsway School is a secondary academy in Cheadle. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,260 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Kingsway School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 251 | 250 | 259 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.9 | 45.0 | 46.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.06 -0.24 to +0.12 | -0.26 -0.44 to -0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 42% | 50.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 65.2% | 71.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 46% | 44.8% | 45.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
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 The Kingsway School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stockport average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.9 | 30.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.5 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,332 |
| 2023/24 | 1,308 |
| 2024/25 | 1,292 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Kingsway School compares
The Kingsway School ranked 8th of 13 secondary schools in Stockport for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.5 | 8.9% | 26.5% | 1,260 | — |
| Laurus Cheadle Hulme | 54.5 | 7.1% | 19.3% | 1,054 | 1.0 miles |
| Parrs Wood High School | 48.1 | 8.3% | 32.9% | 1,786 | 1.4 miles |
| Manchester Enterprise Academy | 37.5 | 15.6% | 64.3% | 1,145 | 1.9 miles |
| Stockport Academy | 47 | 8.2% | 39.8% | 1,023 | 2.0 miles |
| The Barlow RC High School | 49.8 | 7.8% | 41.6% | 930 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 February 2026
- 23 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.47%
- English as an additional language
- 16.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.87%
- Persistent absence
- 24.07%
Location
Nearby schools
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Laurus Cheadle Hulme1.0 miles
Secondary · Cheadle
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Parrs Wood High School1.4 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Manchester Enterprise Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Wythenshawe
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Stockport Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Stockport
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The Barlow RC High School2.0 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Cheadle
- Cheadle Hulme High School Secondary
- Laurus Cheadle Hulme Secondary
- St James' Catholic High School Secondary
- Bolshaw Primary School Primary
- Bradshaw Hall Primary School Primary
- Cheadle Catholic Infant School Primary
- Cheadle Catholic Junior School Primary
- Cheadle Village Primary School Primary
- Etchells Primary School Primary
- Hursthead Infant School Primary
- Hursthead Junior School Primary
- Ladybridge Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Kingsway School teach?
- The Kingsway School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Cheadle.
- Who is the headteacher of The Kingsway School?
- The headteacher of The Kingsway School is Ms Anna Fowler, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Kingsway School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Kingsway School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Kingsway School?
- The Kingsway School has 1,260 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Kingsway School full?
- The Kingsway School has capacity for 1,570 pupils and 1,260 on roll (80%), 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 The Kingsway School a faith school?
- No. The Kingsway School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Kingsway School a selective school?
- No. The Kingsway School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Kingsway School part of an academy trust?
- The Kingsway School is part of EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Kingsway School have?
- The schools register lists The Kingsway School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Kingsway School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.9 in 2022/23 and 46.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Kingsway School compare with other schools in Stockport?
- The Kingsway School ranked 8th of 13 secondary schools in Stockport for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Kingsway School's absence rate?
- The Kingsway School's overall absence rate is 8.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Kingsway School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Kingsway School'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 2 July 2026.