Cheadle Hulme High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,690 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 60.7
Community school
Bramhall High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,295of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 20.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 251
- Ofsted
- Good, 13 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Bramhall High School has no sixth form. Of the 183 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 60% moved to a sixth form college, 19% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 60% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.7 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Stockport, with 58% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bramhall High School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 183 | 3,116 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 60% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 19% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bramhall High School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.7 | 47.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 58% | 49% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 49% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.73 | 4.26 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.2 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.8 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 18% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 250 | 100% | 88% | 37% | 22% | 83% |
| English Language | 249 | 99% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 79% |
| English Literature | 247 | 98% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 156 | 62% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 54% |
| Geography | 141 | 56% | 41% | 38% | 25% | 74% |
| History | 122 | 49% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 68% |
| Biology | 93 | 37% | 23% | 48% | 45% | 92% |
| Physics | 93 | 37% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 93 | 37% | 23% | 47% | 47% | 94% |
| Design and Technology | 60 | 24% | 11% | 28% | 23% | 67% |
| Computer Science | 60 | 24% | 13% | 23% | 30% | 63% |
| Spanish | 59 | 24% | 19% | 29% | 27% | 85% |
| Business Studies | 53 | 21% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 66% |
| Physical Education | 47 | 19% | 11% | 26% | 24% | 68% |
| Drama | 45 | 18% | 7% | 22% | 27% | 87% |
| German | 33 | 13% | 5% | 39% | 33% | 94% |
| Fine Art | 32 | 13% | 9% | 31% | 28% | 81% |
| French | 28 | 11% | 18% | 50% | 29% | 86% |
| Music | 22 | 9% | 5% | 27% | 33% | 68% |
| Geology | 21 | 8% | 0% | 52% | 61% | 95% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 19 | 8% | 8% | 26% | 21% | 53% |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 6% | 31% | 19% | 32% | 63% |
| Textiles | 13 | 5% | 2% | 77% | 27% | 92% |
| Chinese | 10 | 4% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Graphic Communication | 8 | 3% | 1% | 25% | 23% | 88% |
| Persian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 29 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 14 | — | — |
| Tourism | 13 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Stockport
Harrytown Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · 792 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.6
Hazel Grove High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,452 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6
Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Free schools · 1,054 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.5
Marple Hall School
Academy converter · 1,590 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5
Priestnall School
Academy converter · 1,312 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
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.