Bramhall High School
Community school · 1,295 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.7
Academy sponsor led
Stockport Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,023of 1,020 places
- Free school meals
- 41.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 185
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 21 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Avondale High School (URN 106131).
What the data says
Stockport Academy has no sixth form. Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
14% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 9% 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 | Stockport Academy | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 176 | 3,116 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 14% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Stockport Academy | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.0 | 47.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 49% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 69% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.39 | 4.26 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 37% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.2 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.8 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 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 | 183 | 99% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 183 | 99% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 71% |
| English Literature | 178 | 96% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 150 | 81% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 61% |
| History | 105 | 57% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 43% |
| Spanish | 69 | 37% | 19% | 25% | 27% | 71% |
| Geography | 62 | 34% | 41% | 27% | 25% | 71% |
| French | 58 | 31% | 18% | 14% | 29% | 81% |
| Business Studies | 48 | 26% | 18% | 23% | 20% | 67% |
| Computer Science | 42 | 23% | 13% | 29% | 30% | 71% |
| Religious Studies | 40 | 22% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 57% |
| Fine Art | 40 | 22% | 9% | 25% | 28% | 100% |
| 3D Design | 33 | 18% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 73% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 17% | 23% | 61% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 31 | 17% | 23% | 65% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 31 | 17% | 23% | 71% | 46% | 100% |
| Drama | 15 | 8% | 7% | 27% | 27% | 93% |
| Urdu | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Chinese | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 22 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 14 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 8 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 6 | — | — |
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.