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Marple Hall School

Secondary Ages 11-16 1,590 pupils Stockport
Ofsted: Good
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Marple Hall School is an academy converter in Stockport for pupils aged 11 to 16. It has 1,590 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Marple Hall School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023 of its predecessor, Marple Hall School. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 53.6, and 60% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Ofsted inspection: March 2025. GCSE results: 2026.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Hill Top Drive
Marple
Stockport
Cheshire
SK6 6LB
Reference Number 151031

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1590
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.45%
Girls: 48.55%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 167 166 333
8 176 152 328
9 171 151 322
10 152 159 311
11 152 144 296

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.8%
White, Other 1.8%
Unclassified 1.5%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
White & Asian 1.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
African 0.4%
Asian, Other 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.1%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Marple Hall School, inspected in September 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Mar 2025 Academy conversion letter

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
53.6

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 60.3%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 75%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 213 5
Third Preference 108 2
From another Local Authority 31 1

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Marple Hall School had 1,553 pupils for 1,610 places. 57 places (3.5%) were unfilled.

Year 7 intake in the “East Secondary” planning area

Stockport counted 610 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 587 in 2031–32, down 4%.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2025–26 Marple Hall School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 11.5
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.3% of pupils at Marple Hall School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 22 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 49 20
Specific learning difficulty 62 6
Moderate learning difficulty 38 19
Autistic spectrum disorder 19 18
Speech, language and communication needs 24 9
Physical disability 9 3
Hearing impairment 10 0
No specialist assessment of need 7 0
Vision impairment 6 1
Other difficulty or disability 3 2
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

Name Distance
Rose Hill Primary School
Elmfield Drive, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 6DW
0.61 miles
Warren Wood Primary School
Turnstone Road, Offerton, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 5XU
0.67 miles
Bredbury Green Primary School
Clapgate, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 3DG
1.17 miles
Dial Park Primary School
Half Moon Lane, Offerton, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 5LB
1.18 miles
Romiley Primary School
Sandy Lane, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 4NE
1.21 miles
All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple
Brickbridge Road, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 7BQ
1.27 miles
Lisburne School
The Fairway, Offerton, Stockport, SK2 5GP
1.3 miles
Fairway Primary School
The Fairway, Offerton, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 5DR
1.3 miles
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Warwick Road, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 3AX
1.32 miles
St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Half Moon Lane, Offerton, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 5LB
1.34 miles
Torkington Primary School
Torkington Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 6NR
1.39 miles
St Simon's Catholic Primary School
Bosden Avenue, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 4LH
1.5 miles
Ludworth Primary School
Ludworth Primary School, Lower Fold, Marple Bridge, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 5DU
1.51 miles
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Lowry Drive, Marple Bridge, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 5BR
1.57 miles
Hazel Grove Primary School
Chapel Street, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 4JH
1.68 miles
Greave Primary School
Werneth Road, Woodley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 1HR
1.8 miles
Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School
Redhouse Lane, Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 1BX
1.92 miles
Arden Primary School
Osborne Street, Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 2EX
1.99 miles
Mellor Primary School
Knowle Road, Mellor, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 5PL
1.99 miles
Woodley Primary School
Sherwood Road, Woodley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 1LH
2.14 miles
Name Distance
Acorns School
19b Hibbert Lane, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 7NN
0.99 miles
Agricultural and Rural Centre
5 Quarry Road, Romiley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK6 4BA
1.21 miles
Harrytown Catholic High School
Harrytown, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 3BU
1.26 miles
Werneth School
Harrytown, Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 3BX
1.27 miles
Castle Hill High School
The Fairway, Offerton, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 5DS
1.27 miles
Windlehurst School
Windlehurst Road, Hawk Green, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 7HZ
1.64 miles
Stockport School
Mile End Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6BW
2.13 miles
Stockport Grammar School
Buxton Road, Stockport, SK2 7AF
2.27 miles
Aquinas College
Nangreave Road, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6TH
2.35 miles
Hazel Grove High School
Jacksons Lane, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 5JX
2.68 miles
Bridge House School
1 Stuart Road, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SR
2.68 miles
Hulme Hall Grammar School
Beech Avenue, Stockport, SK3 8HA
2.8 miles
Ashlea House School
Ashlea House, 474 Stockport Road, Denton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M34 6ET
3.24 miles
Alder Community High School
Mottram Old Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 5NJ
3.24 miles
Penarth Group School
128 Reddish Road, South Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire, Cheshire, SK5 7JG
3.26 miles
Progress Schools - Stockport
Belgrave House, 211 Chestergate, Stockport, SK3 0AN
3.38 miles
Bramhall High School
Seal Road, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 2JT
3.39 miles
Brinksway School
Yew Street, Stockport, SK4 2HG
3.68 miles
St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy
Glenfield Road, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 2QP
3.76 miles
Arnfield Independent School
Arnfield Independent School, Po Box 446, Glossop, SK14 9EY
3.76 miles

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What is Marple Hall School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marple Hall School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023 of its predecessor, Marple Hall School.

When was Marple Hall School last inspected by Ofsted?

Marple Hall School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Marple Hall School have?

Marple Hall School has 1,590 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marple Hall School cover?

Marple Hall School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Marple Hall School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 53.6, and 60% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Marple Hall School?

Marple Hall School is at Hill Top Drive, Marple, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 6LB.

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