Stella Maris School is a coeducational, independent school, in Heaton Mersey, Stockport, England. It was founded in December 1976. The school is open to all denominations and is a non-profit making organisation. The school is registered with the Department for Education and Employment. It occupies a Victorian, Grade II listed building on St John's Road which was formerly St John's Church of England Primary School and has around 70 pupils from nursery to year 6, which makes the average class size 14 pupils or less. The school has a number of notable former pupils, including historian and strategist Matthew Kay, and former world champion swimmer James Hickman. The name "Stella Maris" is a Latin phrase meaning "Star of the Sea".