Bramhall High School
Community school · 1,295 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.7
Community special school
Castle Hill High School
- Pupils on roll
- 350of 274 places
- Free school meals
- 44.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 56
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 4 July 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 51 pupils who finished Year 11 at Castle Hill High School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Castle Hill High School’s own sixth form (Stockport average 8%), 35% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish add up to 2% of the year group, and 0% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
Castle Hill High School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 3.3, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.
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 | Castle Hill High School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 51 | 3,116 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 35% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 55% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Castle Hill High School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 3.3 | 47.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 49% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.13 | 4.26 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 3.5 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 3.2 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 17 | 30% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 18% |
| Mathematics | 14 | 25% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 14% |
| Biology | 12 | 21% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 17% |
| Fine Art | 10 | 18% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 10% |
| Drama | 2 | 4% | 7% | — | 27% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 2% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Combined Science | 1 | 2% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
Other secondary schools in Stockport
Cheadle Hulme High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,690 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 60.7
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
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.