As, it was felt, none of these classes was able to cope with the increasing technical demands of local industry.

From 1884 local manufacturers and tradesmen agitated for some more advanced form of education for a Technical or Trade School.

On 25 February 1887, Joseph Leigh, acting as Mayor convened a meeting, where Alderman Ephraim Hallam, proposed that to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign "That it is desirable to establish a Technical and Art School in this town, to enable its inhabitants to acquire..........that special teaching requisite, to maintain its position amongst the industrial towns of this country.

[3] The Stockport Technical School in 1888, on a site on Greek Street, mainly delivered Adult Education in the evenings, being empty during the day.

Over half the girls left to become student teachers, the bulk of the boys going into local industry, commerce or the professions; some entering university later.

[3] Stockport School had the first language laboratory installed in a school in the north of England during the 1960's, an innovation spearheaded by George MacDonald, Head of Spanish for over 20 years, after an arduous campaign for funding to the local council.

Today it is a coeducational 11–16 community school administered by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.

[2] The school has a curriculum philosophy that is published online,[5] that aims to give Key Stage 3 pupils (years 7–9) a broad foundations for their Key Stage 4 core subjects and options.