Marple Hall School
Hill Top Drive, Marple, Stockport, SK6 6LB
This school is closed (it closed in February 2025).
It was replaced by Marple Hall School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Joe Barker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- Not Applicable
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,553
- Pupils on roll
- 1,560
- URN
- 106138
- Local authority
- Stockport
About this school
Marple Hall School was a community secondary school in Stockport. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,560 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Marple Hall School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 316 | 311 | 285 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.6 | 51.5 | 50.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.12 -0.04 to +0.28 | +0.28 +0.12 to +0.43 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 60.8% | 59.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 78.8% | 75.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 80% | 86.5% | 80.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Marple Hall School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stockport average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51.6 | 30.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.5 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.5 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,562 |
| 2023/24 | 1,557 |
| 2024/25 | 1,560 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Marple Hall School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 77% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50.5 | 7.5% | 12.8% | 1,560 | — |
| Marple Hall School | — | — | — | 1,590 | 0.0 miles |
| Harrytown Catholic High School | 40.6 | 9.8% | 32% | 792 | 1.3 miles |
| Werneth School | 36.8 | 15.7% | 38.1% | 925 | 1.3 miles |
| Stockport School | 45.7 | 10.6% | 30.2% | 1,341 | 2.1 miles |
| Hazel Grove High School | 48.6 | 8.9% | 16.8% | 1,452 | 2.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.82%
- English as an additional language
- 2.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.47%
- Persistent absence
- 17.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marple Hall School0.0 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Harrytown Catholic High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Werneth School1.3 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Stockport School2.1 miles
Secondary · Stockport
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Hazel Grove High School2.7 miles
Secondary · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
- Bramhall High School Secondary
- Harrytown Catholic High School Secondary
- Hazel Grove High School Secondary
- Marple Hall School Secondary
- Poynton High School Secondary
- Priestnall School Secondary
- Reddish Vale High School Secondary
- St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Stockport Academy Secondary
- Stockport School Secondary
- Werneth School Secondary
- Freshfield Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What ages does Marple Hall School teach?
- Marple Hall School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Stockport.
- Has Marple Hall School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Marple Hall School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Marple Hall School?
- Marple Hall School had 1,560 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Marple Hall School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.6 in 2022/23 and 50.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Marple Hall School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Marple Hall School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.