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Harrytown Catholic High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Voluntary aided
Harrytown, Romiley, Stockport SK6 3BU · harrytownschool.org · 0161 430 5277
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Stockport 47.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 792
- 96% of 825 places
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.8%
- First language not English
- 15.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 153 families put the school first and 156 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 156 | 153 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 165 | 144 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 163 | 144 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 165 | 144 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 147 | 113 | 0.8 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.6, and 35.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Stockport it was 47.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼35.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼53.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼9.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.26 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.3 | −0.2 |
| Sixth form college | 47.7 | −9.4 |
| Further education | 36.2 | +9.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | −2.6 |
| Employment | 1.3 | −3.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.1 | +7.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Harrytown Catholic High School on 17 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 86
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (31%) with SEND