Broadstones School

Other independent special school · Mixed · ages 13–16Stockport, Reddish SK4school website

A special school in Stockport for ages 13–16: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
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Pupils
18

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Stockport’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 20 places.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

2.3Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school2.3
Stockport47.1
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 8 pupils in Year 11

13% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Stockport 49%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureBroadstones SchoolStockportEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)2.347.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths13%49%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths13%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%49%41%
EBacc average point score0.104.264.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—25%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—34.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—51.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—12%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

2.10%of the GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 1,611 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Language & Communication7%
Mathematics & Statistics3%
Social & Cultural Skills0%
Natural Sciences0%
Digital & ICT Skills0%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects2

Entries 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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language225%89%—20%—
Mathematics113%88%—22%—
Fields of knowledge, all stages3
Language & Communication6%
Mathematics & Statistics3%
Social & Cultural Skills0%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 1.3audience 1.0textual evidence 0.8evidence 0.8vocabulary 0.8grammar 0.8root 0.8ratio 0.8percentage 0.8gradient 0.8equation 0.6presentation 0.5point of view 0.5form 0.5impact 0.5purpose 0.5persuasive writing 0.5spoken presentation 0.5power 0.5surd 0.5translation 0.5tangent 0.5direct proportion 0.5inverse proportion 0.5

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pythagoras' theorem, surface area, ratio from Mathematics · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses multiple sources, presentation, integer from English Language, Mathematics · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses content selection, emotional impact, presentation from English Language · jobs: storyboard artist
More apprenticeships9
Medical statisticianLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses critical reflection, evaluation, sas from English Language, Mathematics · jobs: statistical assistant, statistician, clinical informatics manager
Registered nurse degree (NMC 2018)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses effectiveness, critical reflection, evaluation from English Language
Bid and proposal co-ordinatorLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · sales, marketing and procurement · uses creative writing, grammar from English Language · jobs: recreational therapist, recycling specialist, rental manager
Learning and development consultant business partnerLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses listening, impact from English Language · jobs: contract manager, procurement support officer, procurement department manager
Improvement specialistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses correlation, prediction, sample size from Mathematics · jobs: business consultant, environmental engineer, civil engineer
Community nurse specialist practitioner (NMC 2022)Level 7 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses bias, critical reflection, evaluation from English Language · jobs: nurse responsible for general care, specialist nurse, advanced nurse practitioner
Junior journalistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses content selection, standard english from English Language · jobs: journalist, sports journalist, business journalist
FundraiserLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · sales, marketing and procurement · uses emotional impact, impact from English Language · jobs: sales account manager, social counsellor, marriage counsellor
Chartered legal executiveLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · legal, finance and accounting · uses evidence, synthesis from English Language · jobs: case administrator, court jury coordinator
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Stockport, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk Stockport’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Stockport

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.