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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 29 June 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 10 December 2015Graded inspection: Good · as Poynton High School, URN 111436
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry491 applications · 243 places offered · 248 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Cheshire East median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2022 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2020 1.7; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2019 1.4; Cheshire East median median 1.8
- 2018 1.5; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Cheshire East median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Cheshire East median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Cheshire East median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Cheshire East median
Dashed bars: as Poynton High School (URN 111436), the previous school.
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How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 243 | 491 | 2.0 | 248 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 246 | 478 | 1.9 | 229 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 244 | 445 | 1.8 | 232 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 246 | 420 | 1.7 | 243 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 247 | 424 | 1.7 | 235 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 244 | 401 | 1.6 | 226 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 246 | 405 | 1.7 | 223 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 243 | 336 | 1.4 | 196 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 * | 242 | 369 | 1.5 | 205 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2017 * | 285 | 373 | 1.3 | 231 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 * | 242 | 450 | 1.9 | 220 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 242 | 450 | 1.9 | 243 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 236 | 466 | 2.0 | 268 | 1.14 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 238 | 54.4 | 63% | 82% | – |
| 2024/25 | 237 | 53.0 | 53% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 223 | 56.9 | 62% | 81% | +0.29 |
| 2022/23 | 210 | 52.4 | 52% | 77% | +0.14 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Poynton High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20232.0applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Stockport20264.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · StockportGood20233.2applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · StockportStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Stockport20264.3applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · StockportRemains Good · improving20232.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · StockportOutstanding20237.1applications per place 58.2Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · StockportSerious weaknesses 20261.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 146387 · 895/4211
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,552 pupils · 1,467 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2018
- Replaced
- Poynton High School (URN 111436)
- Address
- Yew Tree Lane, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1PU
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources