St James' Catholic High School

St James' Way, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Cheshire, SK8 6PZ

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About this school

St James' Catholic High School is a Voluntary aided school serving secondary age pupils, located in Stockport, Cheshire. The school has 824 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 24 February 2022). Last inspected 28 April 2026. The Headteacher is Anthony Pontifex. The school is administered by Stockport local authority. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character.

School details

Headteacher

Anthony Pontifex

Local authority

Stockport

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

106142

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at St James' Catholic High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Stockport). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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