Castle Hill High SchoolAcorns School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Stockport.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Castle Hill High School and Acorns School in Stockport.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Castle Hill High School was judged Outstanding and Acorns School was judged in need of attention.

Castle Hill High School versus Acorns School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	StockportCastle Hill High School	StockportAcorns School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Needs attention
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	11-18	5-17
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	341	41
Capacity	274	56
Location	Stockport, SK2 5DS	Stockport, SK6 7NN
GCSE results
Attainment 8	3.3	Not reported	46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths	0.0%	Not reported	45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	0.0%	Not reported	64.8%
Entering EBacc	0.0%	Not reported	40.5%
EBacc average point score	0.13	Not reported	4.09
Cohort	56	5
Pupils
Pupils in the census	341	41
Free school meals (ever 6)	40.4%	0.0%
English as an additional language	3.8%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	9.9%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	30.9%	Not reported	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

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GCSE Attainment 8

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.