Acorns School
Ofsted: Needs attention
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Stockport, SK6 7NN
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Windlehurst School
Windlehurst Road, Hawk Green, Stockport, SK6 7HZ
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
60
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 6.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 10
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 27.0%
- Continued in education
- 27.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 27.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 54
- Boys
- 62 (95%)
- Girls
- 3 (5%)
- Capacity
- 60 (108% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 74.1%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 3.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £30,181/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 46.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 83.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Black Other: 1.9%
90.7%
White British
1.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.9%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Windlehurst Road
Stockport, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 131889
- UKPRN
- 10015723
- Establishment No.
- 7511
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