The Kingsway School is a coeducational comprehensive

Comprehensive school

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 state secondary school

Secondary school

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 in Stockport

Stockport

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, Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

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. It has specialist status in Mathematics

Mathematics

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, Science

Science

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 and Computing

Computing

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.

The school has sites on each side of Kingsway

A34 road

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; the Upper School on Foxland Road in Gatley

Gatley

Gatley is a suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England.-Toponymy:In 1290, Gatley was known as Gateclyve, which in Old English means "a place where goats are kept".-Early history:...

 to the west and the Lower School on High Grove Road in Cheadle

Cheadle, Greater Manchester

Cheadle is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. It borders the districts of Cheadle Hulme, Gatley, Heald Green and Cheadle Heath in Stockport, and the East Didsbury area of Manchester. As of 2001 it had a population of 14,261.-Early history:There has...

 to the east.

History

The school was formed in 1983 by the merger of Broadway Boys School in Cheadle and Kingsway Girls School in Gatley.

Charitable Activity

The school holds a Charities Day every year and a 13 mile sponsored walk every two years. The school has raised over £250,000 for charity since the inception of Charities Day.

Notable former pupils

• Simon Gregson
  Simon Gregson
  Simon Gregson is an English actor. He is known for being a cast member of the British soap opera Coronation Street in which he has played Steve McDonald since 1989....
  
  , actor
• Ryan Thomas
  Ryan Thomas
  Ryan James Thomas and is an English actor who is currently starring as the character, Jason Grimshaw on ITV's Coronation Street.-Career:...
  
  , actor
• Adam Thomas
  Adam Thomas
  For the Welsh rugby union player see Adam Thomas Adam Thomas is a British actor, currently starring in British ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Adam Barton well known for his role in BBC drama Waterloo Road as Donte Charles-Career:It was in 2002, at the age of 15, that Adam started his television career...
  
  , actor
• Northern Uproar
  Northern Uproar
  Northern Uproar are an English rock band from Heald Green, Stockport. They formed in 1995 and initially disbanded in 1997. The band reunited in 2006 and are currently working on their fourth album. They released three albums and a number of singles, several of which charted in the UK Singles Chart...
  
  , 90s rock band