Stella Maris School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

The school opened in 1979. It is a charitable trust, founded by Stockport Convent and has a Catholic foundation. The school accepts pupils of all faiths. It is located in the conservation area of Heaton Mersey, to the north of Stockport in Cheshire. A new headteacher was appointed in September 2013. The school is registered as an independent, primary, day school for up to 71 boys and girls aged from three to 11 years. There are four mixed-aged classes, including an Early Years Foundations Stage class for children aged from three to 5 years. Government nursery funding is received for 10 children. After-school care is provided on site until 5.30 pm each day. Currently, there are 47 pupils on roll including five children in the Early Years Foundation Stage who are part-time. There are ten children altogether in the Early Years Foundation Stage. A small proportion of pupils have special educational needs. There are no pupils with a statement of special educational needs. Most pupils are of White British heritage with around a third from minority ethnic groups. The school aims to: ‘welcome children into a caring, happy, secure environment; where teaching provides new and stimulating experiences; where low pupil-teacher ratios and treating every child as an individual results in high levels of achievement and where pupils accomplish their full potential in moral, physical and academic areas’. The school uses no alternative provision. The school was last inspected in March 2011 when the overall quality of education was judged as good.