Bramhall High School
Community school · 1,295 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.7
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The Kingsway School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,260of 1,570 places
- Free school meals
- 24.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 259
- Ofsted
- Report card, 24 February 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Kingsway School (URN 106141, until 1 December 2015).
What the data says
The Kingsway School has no sixth form. Of the 251 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 35% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 35% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 45% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.5 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Stockport, with 51% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Kingsway School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 251 | 3,116 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 35% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Kingsway School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.5 | 47.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 49% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 46% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.16 | 4.26 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 23% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.1 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.4 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 10% | 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 | 253 | 98% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 252 | 97% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 77% |
| English Literature | 249 | 96% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 80% |
| Combined Science | 187 | 72% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 57% |
| Geography | 151 | 58% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 63% |
| Business Studies | 117 | 45% | 18% | 7% | 20% | 50% |
| French | 88 | 34% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 70% |
| History | 80 | 31% | 41% | 20% | 26% | 70% |
| Biology | 63 | 24% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 62 | 24% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 97% |
| Physics | 62 | 24% | 23% | 34% | 46% | 90% |
| Fine Art | 56 | 22% | 9% | 30% | 28% | 88% |
| Religious Studies | 46 | 18% | 31% | 22% | 32% | 63% |
| Physical Education | 34 | 13% | 11% | 26% | 24% | 44% |
| Spanish | 25 | 10% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 40% |
| Computer Science | 24 | 9% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 54% |
| Drama | 17 | 7% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 59% |
| Music | 9 | 3% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| German | 9 | 3% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multimedia | 53 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 51 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 22 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Tourism | 10 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 7 | — | — |
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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.