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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 20 September 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving) · as Marple Hall School, URN 106138
- 26 September 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Marple Hall School, URN 106138
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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 entry781 applications · 320 places offered · 387 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Stockport median median 2.7
- 2025 2.4; Stockport median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2024 2.4; Stockport median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2023 2.0; Stockport median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Stockport median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2021 2.1; Stockport median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.3; Stockport median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Stockport median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; Stockport median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Stockport median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Stockport median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Stockport median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Stockport median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Stockport median
Dashed bars: as Marple Hall School (URN 106138), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 320 | 781 | 2.4 | 387 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2025 * | 307 | 735 | 2.4 | 370 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 * | 316 | 765 | 2.4 | 382 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2023 * | 325 | 653 | 2.0 | 372 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 * | 325 | 609 | 1.9 | 352 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 * | 295 | 613 | 2.1 | 343 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 * | 298 | 674 | 2.3 | 364 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2019 * | 300 | 674 | 2.3 | 406 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2018 * | 296 | 659 | 2.2 | 383 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2017 * | 317 | 652 | 2.1 | 352 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 * | 313 | 574 | 1.8 | 344 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 * | 296 | 562 | 1.9 | 314 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2014 * | 299 | 508 | 1.7 | 305 | 1.02 |
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.) | 292 | 53.6 | 60% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 * | 285 | 50.5 | 60% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 * | 311 | 51.5 | 61% | 79% | +0.28 |
| 2022/23 * | 316 | 51.6 | 57% | 75% | +0.12 |
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
- Marple Hall SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20232.4applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · StockportSerious weaknesses 20261.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · StockportStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Stockport20264.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · TamesideRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · StockportGood20233.2applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · StockportGood20232.2applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · TamesideRemains Good20223.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 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
- 151031 · 356/4037
- Trust
- Helix Academies Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,553 pupils · 1,590 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 March 2025
- Replaced
- Marple Hall School (URN 106138)
- Address
- Hill Top Drive, Marple, Stockport, SK6 6LB
- Local authority
- Stockport
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources