Bramhall High School
Community school · 1,295 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.7
Academy sponsor led
Reddish Vale High School
- Pupils on roll
- 999of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 46.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 176
- Ofsted
- Inadequate, 19 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Reddish Vale Technology College (URN 137885, until 31 August 2017).
What the data says
Reddish Vale High School has no sixth form. Of the 191 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 50% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.7 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Stockport, with 26% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Stockport and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Reddish Vale High School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 191 | 3,116 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 82% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 77% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 50% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Reddish Vale High School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.7 | 47.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 49% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 27% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.10 | 4.26 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.2 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 41.8 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 174 | 99% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 44% |
| English Language | 174 | 99% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 54% |
| English Literature | 172 | 98% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 56% |
| Combined Science | 149 | 85% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 31% |
| History | 108 | 61% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 40% |
| Citizenship Studies | 74 | 42% | 3% | 16% | 19% | 64% |
| Geography | 56 | 32% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 38% |
| Fine Art | 42 | 24% | 9% | 31% | 28% | 86% |
| Business Studies | 41 | 23% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 44% |
| Religious Studies | 38 | 22% | 31% | 32% | 32% | 68% |
| Physical Education | 27 | 15% | 11% | 4% | 24% | 44% |
| German | 25 | 14% | 5% | 20% | 33% | 64% |
| Biology | 24 | 14% | 23% | 29% | 45% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 13% | 23% | 32% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 22 | 13% | 23% | 32% | 46% | 100% |
| Spanish | 19 | 11% | 19% | 37% | 27% | 79% |
| Photography | 16 | 9% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 88% |
| Music | 14 | 8% | 5% | 14% | 33% | 71% |
| Drama | 11 | 6% | 7% | 9% | 27% | 73% |
| Textiles | 8 | 5% | 2% | 13% | 27% | 63% |
| Urdu | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Tourism | 26 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 17 | — | — |
| Finance / Accounting (General) | 17 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 16 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 11 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 10 | — | — |
Where Reddish Vale High School is
Other secondary schools in Stockport are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Stockport’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Stockport
Cheadle Hulme High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,690 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 60.7
Harrytown Catholic High School
Voluntary aided school · 792 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.6
Hazel Grove High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,452 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6
Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Free schools · 1,054 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.5
Marple Hall School
Academy converter · 1,590 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.5
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.