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Castle Hill High School

Community special school · Mixed · Stockport

The Fairway, Stockport, SK2 5DS

Website 01612853925

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Outstanding

No graded inspection

Application demand

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No council data

Attendance

90.1%

30.9% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

350

Capacity used

Over capacity

128%

274 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Community special school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Anna Hudson
Address
The Fairway, Offerton, Stockport, SK2 5DS
Phone
01612853925
Local authority
Stockport
Ward / constituency
Offerton · Hazel Grove
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
106172

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals44%——
English as additional language5%——
SEN support0%——
75% boys (263)25% girls (87)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

350 pupils · 274 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    04 July 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Outstanding
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 285 pupils

Attendance

90.1%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

9.9%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

30.9%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

3.9%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.2%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

40%
20/21
35%
21/22
30%
22/23
32%
23/24
31%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results over time

3.420193.320223.120231.720243.32025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 83.346
Grade 5+ English & maths0%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths0%65%
Entering EBacc0%40%
EBacc average point score0.134.1
Pupils in cohort56—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
-1.59
Other pupils
-1.82
Low prior attainers
-1.66
Girls
-1.64
Boys
-1.74

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
English Language176%12%18%
Mathematics140%0%14%
Biology120%0%17%
Art and Design100%10%10%
Drama20%0%0%
Spanish10%0%0%
Combined Science10%0%0%

Oxbridge

No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.