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Community school · 1,295 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.7
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Priestnall School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,312of 1,275 places
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 247
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 29 October 2019Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Priestnall School (URN 106133, until 1 September 2023).
What the data says
Priestnall School has no sixth form. Of the 251 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 67% moved to a sixth form college, 18% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 67% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.6 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Stockport, with 57% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Priestnall School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 251 | 3,116 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 67% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 18% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Priestnall School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.6 | 47.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 49% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 24% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.59 | 4.26 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 15% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.8 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.7 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 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 | 244 | 99% | 88% | 32% | 22% | 86% |
| English Language | 244 | 99% | 89% | 27% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 237 | 96% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 83% |
| History | 162 | 66% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 70% |
| Combined Science | 149 | 60% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 68% |
| Business Studies | 113 | 46% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 73% |
| Physics | 90 | 36% | 23% | 58% | 46% | 91% |
| Biology | 90 | 36% | 23% | 60% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 89 | 36% | 23% | 55% | 47% | 91% |
| Art and Design | 78 | 32% | 7% | 50% | 24% | 97% |
| Geography | 72 | 29% | 41% | 35% | 25% | 75% |
| Sociology | 48 | 19% | 4% | 25% | 21% | 69% |
| Physical Education | 46 | 19% | 11% | 28% | 24% | 78% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 39 | 16% | 8% | 10% | 21% | 56% |
| Spanish | 30 | 12% | 19% | 77% | 27% | 100% |
| French | 24 | 10% | 18% | 79% | 29% | 100% |
| Film Studies | 21 | 9% | 1% | 33% | 20% | 81% |
| Graphic Communication | 21 | 9% | 1% | 62% | 23% | 100% |
| Textiles | 18 | 7% | 2% | 17% | 27% | 72% |
| Dance | 14 | 6% | 1% | 21% | 27% | 64% |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 5% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 67% |
| Computer Science | 11 | 4% | 13% | 27% | 30% | 91% |
| Music | 10 | 4% | 5% | 40% | 33% | 90% |
| Drama | 10 | 4% | 7% | 10% | 27% | 70% |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 12 | — | — |
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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.