Harrytown Catholic High School
Harrytown, Romiley, Stockport, SK6 3BU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs C Pickles
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 825
- Pupils on roll
- 792
- URN
- 106143
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614305277
About this school
Harrytown Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided secondary school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 792 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Harrytown Catholic High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 146 | 149 | 165 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.9 | 41.9 | 40.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.62 -0.85 to -0.38 | -0.32 -0.56 to -0.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 38.3% | 35.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 56.4% | 53.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 14.1% | 9.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
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 Harrytown Catholic High 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 | 41.9 | 30.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.9 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.6 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 799 |
| 2023/24 | 795 |
| 2024/25 | 803 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harrytown Catholic High School compares
Harrytown Catholic High School ranked 11th of 13 secondary schools in Stockport for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.6 | 9.8% | 32% | 792 | — |
| Werneth School | 36.8 | 15.7% | 38.1% | 925 | 0.1 miles |
| Marple Hall School | — | — | — | 1,590 | 1.3 miles |
| Stockport School | 45.7 | 10.6% | 30.2% | 1,341 | 2.1 miles |
| St Thomas More RC College | 44 | 6.5% | 27.7% | 797 | 2.6 miles |
| Reddish Vale High School | 37.7 | 12.1% | 45.5% | 999 | 2.6 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)
- 32%
- English as an additional language
- 15.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.76%
- Persistent absence
- 27.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Werneth School0.1 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Marple Hall School1.3 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
Stockport School2.1 miles
Secondary · Stockport
-
St Thomas More RC College2.6 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Reddish Vale High School2.6 miles
Secondary · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
Harrytown Catholic High School ranks 8th of the 10 ranked secondary schools in Stockport.
- Bramhall 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
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- Hollywood Park Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What ages does Harrytown Catholic High School teach?
- Harrytown Catholic High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Harrytown Catholic High School?
- The headteacher of Harrytown Catholic High School is Mrs C Pickles, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Harrytown Catholic High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harrytown Catholic High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Harrytown Catholic High School?
- Harrytown Catholic High School has 792 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Harrytown Catholic High School full?
- Harrytown Catholic High School has capacity for 825 pupils and 792 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Harrytown Catholic High School a faith school?
- Yes. Harrytown Catholic High School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Shrewsbury.
- Is Harrytown Catholic High School a selective school?
- No. Harrytown Catholic High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Harrytown Catholic High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.9 in 2022/23 and 40.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Harrytown Catholic High School compare with other schools in Stockport?
- Harrytown Catholic High School ranked 11th of 13 secondary schools in Stockport for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harrytown Catholic High School's absence rate?
- Harrytown Catholic High School's overall absence rate is 9.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harrytown Catholic High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harrytown Catholic High 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 29 June 2026.