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Marple Hall School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Hill Top Drive, Marple, Stockport SK6 6LB · marplehall.stockport.sch.uk · 0161 427 7966
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 50.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Stockport 47.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,590
- 37 over 1,553 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- First language not English
- 2.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 387 families put the school first and 320 places were offered; 81% 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 | 320 | 387 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 307 | 370 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 316 | 382 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 325 | 372 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 325 | 352 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.5, and 59.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲50.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲59.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲75.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲80.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.83 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106138)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.6 | −0.4 |
| Sixth form college | 50.8 | +3.1 |
| Further education | 32.8 | −6.5 |
| Other education | 0.6 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5 | +0.8 |
| Employment | 3.9 | +1.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.2 | −1.8 |
| Activity not captured | 3.5 | +2.8 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 106138)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Marple Hall School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106138)
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106138), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106138)
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106138)
Feb 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106138)