Agricultural and Rural Centre
Agricultural and Rural Centre is an independent special school in Stockport for boys and girls aged 11 to 17. It has 15 pupils and room for 30.
5 Quarry Road, Romiley, Stockport, SK6 4BA0746 849 5271arc-cic.ukMrs Ceri Smith headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Stockport council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 15 | 1 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 500 m | 201 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Harrytown Catholic High School | Roman Catholic | 580 m | 792 | No overall grade 2024 | 11 | Compare |
| Werneth School | Academy | 720 m | 925 | Report card 2026 | 3 | Compare |
| Romiley Primary School | Academy | 780 m | 454 | Good 2020 | – | Compare |
| Bredbury Green Primary School | Academy | 920 m | 237 | Good 2024 | 87 | Compare |
| Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 164 | Good 2024 | 20 | Compare |
| Greave Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 346 | Report card 2026 | 36 | Compare |
| Woodley Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 384 | Report card 2026 | 6 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Agricultural and Rural Centre a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Agricultural and Rural Centre yet.
How many pupils does Agricultural and Rural Centre have?
15 pupils aged 11 to 17 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 50% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 5 Quarry Road, Romiley, Stockport, SK6 4BA
- Telephone
- 0746 849 5271
- Website
- www.arc-cic.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ceri Smith
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Ward
- Bredbury Green & Romiley
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 27 September 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150941 · LAESTAB 3566037
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.