Overall Oxbridge
#1,108
3 ranked schools · -194 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
77
Offers
9
Offer rate11.7%
-10.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Known in the sixteenth century for hemp cultivation and rope-making on the south bank of the Mersey, Stockport grew through one of the British Isles' earliest mechanised silk factories to become the hatting capital of England, exporting more than six million hats a year by 1884. Where the rivers Goyt and Tame merge to form the Mersey in the south-east corner of Greater Manchester, the town's Victorian scale is most legible in Stockport Viaduct, whose 27 brick arches have carried the main line railway over the river since 1840. Around 295,000 people live across the metropolitan borough today.
Bramhall and Davenport are among the most sought-after residential corners of the borough for families weighing school catchments, while Hazel Grove draws parents competing for secondary and grammar places to the south. Edgeley and Poynton extend the residential reach westward and southward, popular with families across the full range of school sectors in the borough. Stockport station serves Northern and Avanti West Coast trains with Manchester Piccadilly under ten minutes away.
Area Performance
Across 98 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.00/10, -0.40 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Stockport schools
Stockport vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Stockport schools
top 49% of 14,978
top 49% of 14,978
top 55% of 3,862
top 55% of 3,862
top 30% of 2,555
top 30% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · -194 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
77
Offers
9
Oxford
3 ranked schools · -33 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
36
Offers
3
Cambridge
3 ranked schools · -268 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
41
Offers
6
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