Werneth School
Harrytown, Romiley, Stockport, SK6 3BX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EDUCATION LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Willis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Education Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,250
- Pupils on roll
- 925
- URN
- 148327
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614941222
About this school
Werneth School is a secondary academy in Stockport. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 925 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 220 | 235 | 209 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.9 | 39.5 | 36.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.55 -0.74 to -0.36 | -0.45 -0.64 to -0.27 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 33.2% | 25.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44% | 50.2% | 46.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 28.1% | 26.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
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 Werneth 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 | 35.9 | 30.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.5 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.8 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 15.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,109 |
| 2023/24 | 1,072 |
| 2024/25 | 991 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Werneth School compares
Werneth School ranked 13th of 13 secondary schools in Stockport for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.8 | 15.7% | 38.1% | 925 | — |
| Harrytown Catholic High School | 40.6 | 9.8% | 32% | 792 | 0.1 miles |
| Marple Hall School | — | — | — | 1,590 | 1.3 miles |
| Stockport School | 45.7 | 10.6% | 30.2% | 1,341 | 2.0 miles |
| Reddish Vale High School | 37.7 | 12.1% | 45.5% | 999 | 2.6 miles |
| St Thomas More RC College | 44 | 6.5% | 27.7% | 797 | 2.6 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 report3 February 2026
- 17 October 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.14%
- English as an additional language
- 8%
- Overall absence
- 15.7%
- Persistent absence
- 42.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Harrytown Catholic High School0.1 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Marple Hall School1.3 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Stockport School2.0 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Reddish Vale High School2.6 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
St Thomas More RC College2.6 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Stockport
Werneth School ranks 10th of the 10 ranked secondary schools in Stockport.
- Bramhall High School Secondary
- Harrytown Catholic High School Secondary
- Hazel Grove High School Secondary
- Marple Hall School Secondary
- Poynton High School Secondary
- Priestnall School Secondary
- Reddish Vale High School Secondary
- St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Stockport Academy Secondary
- Stockport School Secondary
- Freshfield Nursery School Nursery
- Hollywood Park Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does Werneth School teach?
- Werneth School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Werneth School?
- The headteacher of Werneth School is Mr Daniel Willis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Werneth School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Werneth 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 big is Werneth School?
- Werneth School has 925 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Werneth School full?
- Werneth School has capacity for 1,250 pupils and 925 on roll (74%), 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 Werneth School a faith school?
- No. Werneth School has no designated religious character.
- Is Werneth School a selective school?
- No. Werneth School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Werneth School?
- Werneth 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.
- How have Werneth School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.9 in 2022/23 and 36.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Werneth School rank locally?
- Werneth School ranked 13th of 13 secondary schools in Stockport for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Werneth School's absence rate?
- Werneth School's overall absence rate is 15.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Werneth School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Werneth 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 10 July 2026.