Community school

Stockport School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formStockport, North West · Stockport SK2 6BWSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,341of 1,350 places
Free school meals
31.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
263
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 8 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Stockport School has no sixth form. Of the 225 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 36% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 36% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.

Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 83% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.7 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Stockport, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Stockport and England.

Stockport School
Stockport
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureStockport SchoolStockportEngland
Pupils in the cohort2253,116607,348
Any sustained destination95%91%92%
Stayed in education84%85%86%
— school sixth form1%8%34%
— sixth form college36%41%13%
— further education college46%34%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship7%3%3%
Employment4%3%3%
No sustained destination4%7%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureStockport SchoolStockportEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)45.747.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%49%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects49%49%41%
EBacc average point score4.144.264.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort29%25%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils38.134.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils48.951.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics25998%88%17%22%76%
English Language25998%89%12%20%69%
English Literature25095%86%10%21%67%
Statistics21983%5%12%20%79%
Combined Science20277%65%1%9%57%
Geography15157%41%21%25%63%
History10540%41%17%26%57%
French7629%18%26%29%82%
Physics5521%23%45%46%100%
Biology5521%23%38%45%100%
Chemistry5521%23%33%47%100%
Physical Education4818%11%8%24%77%
Photography3212%6%16%19%88%
Spanish3011%19%27%27%83%
Fine Art3011%9%17%28%90%
German2710%5%22%33%85%
Drama2610%7%19%27%88%
Business Studies176%18%12%20%47%
Computer Science156%13%7%30%67%
Art and Design145%7%0%24%79%
Music145%5%57%33%93%
Design and Technology114%11%36%23%73%
Graphic Communication83%1%0%23%88%
Urdu10%1%42%
Portuguese10%0%50%
Italian10%0%53%
Japanese10%0%53%
Polish10%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)48
Sports Studies41
Health Studies35
Hospitality / Catering Studies14
Dance: General11
Music Technology (Electronic)6

Other secondary schools in Stockport

Marple Hall School

Academy converter · 1,590 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.