Laurus Cheadle Hulme

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Stockport
Unique reference
145893
Address
Cheadle Road, SK8 5GB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1067 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
48.5%
Girls
51.5%
First language not English
16.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.1%
Persistent absence
18.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.6%
Pakistani 11%
Mixed 6.9%
Unclassified 3.7%
Other White 2.5%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other 2.2%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
African 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.8
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.55
Local authority average 4.08
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE31
BiologyGCSE80
ChemistryGCSE80
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE206
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Laurus Cheadle Hulme

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
216
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
437
2nd preference
590
3rd preference
249
From another Local Authority
94
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
195
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
103
115
Year 8
209
104
105
Year 9
213
108
105
Year 10
222
106
116
Year 11
205
97
108
Year 2023-2024

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