Marple Hall School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B70
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stockport, SK6 6LB
- Distance
- 7.0km away
New Mills School
Church Lane, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 4NR
Local ranking14th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 11 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 114
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 680
- Boys
- 339 (49%)
- Girls
- 353 (51%)
- Capacity
- 750 (92% full)
- SEND
- 21.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.4%
- EAL
- 4.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 16.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,622/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.3%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- White Irish: 0.3%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
- Black Other: 0.3%
91.3%
White British
3.7%
White Other
1.5%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Church Lane
High Peak, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 112936
- UKPRN
- 10004590
- Establishment No.
- 4057
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