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Reddish Vale High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Reddish Vale Road, Reddish, Stockport SK5 7HD · reddish.stockport.sch.uk · 0161 477 3544
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 37.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Stockport 47.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 999
- 74% of 1,350 places
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 46.1%
- First language not English
- 9.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 112 families put the school first and 188 places were offered; 100% 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 | 188 | 112 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 201 | 164 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 212 | 181 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 226 | 184 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 243 | 215 | 0.9 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.7, and 25.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼37.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼25.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼40.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼26.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.10 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137885)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1 | −3.9 |
| Sixth form college | 24.8 | +7 |
| Further education | 46.5 | −3.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9 | +6.7 |
| Employment | 5 | −4.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.9 | −3 |
| Activity not captured | 5 | +1.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Reddish Vale High School on 1 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 1 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2024
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137885), which Ofsted links to this one.
Report cards, from November 2025
- Mar 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- Apr 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Jun 2024Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Jan 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137885)
What parents said
74% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (114 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 74%
- Positive
- 70%
- Replies
- 114
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on 27 parents (24%) whose child was bullied
based on 39 parents (34%) with SEND