Bramhall High School
Community school · 1,295 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.7
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Marple Hall School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,590of 1,553 places
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 285
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 20 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Marple Hall School (URN 106138, until 1 September 2024).
What the data says
Marple Hall School has no sixth form. Of the 316 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 46% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 46% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Drama is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.5 against 46.1 across England and 47.1 in Stockport, with 60% 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 | Marple Hall School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 316 | 3,116 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 8% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 46% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 36% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Marple Hall School | Stockport | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.5 | 47.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 49% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 81% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.83 | 4.26 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.0 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.9 | 51.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 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 | 280 | 98% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 82% |
| English Language | 280 | 98% | 89% | 23% | 20% | 76% |
| English Literature | 275 | 96% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 82% |
| Combined Science | 209 | 73% | 65% | 16% | 9% | 70% |
| History | 193 | 68% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 67% |
| Spanish | 131 | 46% | 19% | 33% | 27% | 84% |
| French | 106 | 37% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 66% |
| Geography | 96 | 34% | 41% | 25% | 25% | 78% |
| Drama | 77 | 27% | 7% | 10% | 27% | 68% |
| Fine Art | 64 | 22% | 9% | 16% | 28% | 86% |
| Physical Education | 63 | 22% | 11% | 11% | 24% | 75% |
| Photography | 63 | 22% | 6% | 5% | 19% | 70% |
| Biology | 61 | 21% | 23% | 52% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 61 | 21% | 23% | 36% | 46% | 95% |
| Chemistry | 60 | 21% | 23% | 45% | 47% | 98% |
| Design and Technology | 41 | 14% | 11% | 15% | 23% | 56% |
| Statistics | 26 | 9% | 5% | 77% | 20% | 100% |
| Film Studies | 21 | 7% | 1% | 33% | 20% | 71% |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 7% | 31% | 52% | 32% | 86% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 6% | 13% | 12% | 30% | 82% |
| Music | 15 | 5% | 5% | 33% | 33% | 80% |
| Italian | 14 | 5% | 0% | 71% | 53% | 100% |
| Dance | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 1 | 0% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 94 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 78 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Graphic Design | 27 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 21 | — | — |
| Tourism | 15 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 1 | — | — |
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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.