Stella Maris School
Stella Maris School is an independent school in Stockport for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 25 pupils and room for 71.
St John's Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3BR0161 432 0532stellamarisschool.co.ukMr Stephen Usher headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 25 | 34 | 39 | 49 | 56 | 54 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 6% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 11% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
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 John's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 160 m | 203 | Report card 2025 | 82 | Compare |
| Didsbury Road Primary School | Council | 420 m | 454 | Good 2024 | 87 | Compare |
| Priestnall School | Academy | 700 m | 1,312 | Requires improvement 2019 | 58 | Compare |
| Freshfield Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 710 m | 108 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 750 m | 355 | No overall grade 2024 | – | Compare |
| The Barlow RC High School | Roman Catholic | 950 m | 930 | Good 2024 | 68 | Compare |
| Tithe Barn Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 200 | Good 2023 | 91 | Compare |
| Mersey Vale Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 158 | Good 2024 | 49 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Stella Maris School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Stella Maris School yet.
How many pupils does Stella Maris School have?
25 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 71 places, so it is 35% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- St John's Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3BR
- Telephone
- 0161 432 0532
- Website
- www.stellamarisschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen Usher
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Ward
- Heatons South
- Constituency
- Stockport
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 12 October 1976
- URN
- 106154 · LAESTAB 3566016 · UKPRN 10077568
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.