Which school has the best GCSE results in Stockport?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Cheadle Hulme High School tops the table in Stockport with 60.7, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Stockport schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Stockport show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Stockport GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

13 state secondary schools in Stockport ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 5 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 14 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Stockport ranked on Attainment 8

13 of 14 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Stockport ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Cheadle Hulme High School Cheadle · Academy converter	60.7	75%	88%	5.74	268
2	Laurus Cheadle Hulme Cheadle · Free schools	54.5	60%	77%	5.22	212
3	Priestnall School Stockport · Academy converter	52.6	57%	79%	4.59	247
4	Bramhall High School Stockport · Community school	51.7	58%	79%	4.73	251
5	St James' Catholic High School Cheadle · Voluntary aided school	51.1	46%	73%	4.60	165
6	Hazel Grove High School Stockport · Academy converter	48.6	47%	66%	4.41	260
7	Stockport Academy Stockport · Academy sponsor led	47.0	47%	63%	4.39	185
8	The Kingsway School Cheadle · Academy converter	46.5	51%	72%	4.16	259
9	Stockport School Stockport · Community school	45.7	50%	66%	4.14	263
10	St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy Stockport · Academy sponsor led	41.2	41%	56%	3.56	128
11	Harrytown Catholic High School Stockport · Voluntary aided school	40.6	35%	53%	3.26	165
12	Reddish Vale High School Stockport · Academy sponsor led	37.7	26%	41%	3.10	176
13	Werneth School Stockport · Academy sponsor led	36.8	25%	46%	3.04	209
–	Marple Hall School Stockport · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in Stockport with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Cheadle Hulme School Cheadle · Other independent school	16.9	0%	182
Hulme Hall Grammar School Stockport · Other independent school	61.9	75%	28
North West Hospital School Cheadle · Other independent school · 2022 results	0.5	0%	11
Progress Schools - Stockport Other independent school	3.4	0%	12
Stockport Grammar School Stockport · Other independent school	18.3	0%	178

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Stockport on our composite score

Stockport GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Stockport ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Stockport with published GCSE results

More about schools in Stockport

Stockport GCSE results: common questions