School admissions in Cheadle
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. None of these schools has a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Cheadle in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 13 schools in Cheadle first 455 times for 470 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Stockport authority's 79 schools. One of the 13 had more first choices than places.
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in Cheadle first 1,031 times for 889 places: 1.16 first choices per place, against 0.99 across the Stockport authority's 14 schools. 3 of the 4 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
13 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Bradshaw Hall Primary School | 1.27 | 59 |
| North Cheshire Jewish Primary School | 1.00 | 27 |
| Hursthead Infant School | 0.98 | 61 |
| Cheadle Village Primary School | 0.97 | 29 |
| Prospect Vale Primary School | 0.96 | 24 |
| Bolshaw Primary School | 0.96 | 23 |
| Cheadle Catholic Infant School | 0.95 | 58 |
| Ladybridge Primary School | 0.94 | 18 |
| Meadowbank Primary School | 0.90 | 51 |
| Lum Head Primary School | 0.89 | 19 |
| Etchells Primary School | 0.86 | 50 |
| Outwood Primary School | 0.83 | 23 |
| Thorn Grove Primary School | 0.82 | 28 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
4 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Laurus Cheadle Hulme | 1.62 | 204 |
| Cheadle Hulme High School | 1.58 | 262 |
| St James' Catholic High School | 1.06 | 155 |
| The Kingsway School | 0.45 | 268 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.