Castle Hill High School
The Fairway, Offerton, Stockport, SK2 5DS
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anna Hudson
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 274
- Pupils on roll
- 350
- URN
- 106172
- Local authority
- Stockport
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01612853925
About this school
Castle Hill High School is a community special school in Stockport. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 350 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 4 July 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 51 | 50 | 56 |
| Attainment 8 score | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.74 -2.17 to -1.31 | -1.71 -2.11 to -1.31 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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 Castle Hill 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 | 3.1 | 30.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.7 | 34.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 3.3 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 324 |
| 2023/24 | 341 |
| 2024/25 | 341 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.43%
- English as an additional language
- 3.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.92%
- Persistent absence
- 30.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lisburne School0.1 miles
Academies · Stockport
-
Stockport Grammar School1.3 miles
Independent schools · Stockport
-
Agricultural and Rural Centre1.3 miles
Special schools · Stockport
-
Hulme Hall Grammar School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Stockport
-
Highfields College1.7 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Stockport
Other schools in Stockport
- Acorns School Special schools
- Agricultural and Rural Centre Special schools
- Brinksway School Special schools
- Heaton School Special schools
- Highfields College Local authority maintained schools
- Inscape House School Special schools
- Laurus Grace Free Schools
- Lisburne School Academies
- Moat House Local authority maintained schools
- Pear Tree Specialist Support High School Free Schools
- Pure Innovations Trading As Pure College Other types
- Reddish Hall School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Castle Hill High School teach?
- Castle Hill High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a special school in Stockport.
- Who is the headteacher of Castle Hill High School?
- The headteacher of Castle Hill High School is Mrs Anna Hudson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Castle Hill High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Castle Hill 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 big is Castle Hill High School?
- Castle Hill High School has 350 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Castle Hill High School full?
- Castle Hill High School has capacity for 274 pupils and 350 on roll (128%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Castle Hill High School a faith school?
- No. Castle Hill High School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Castle Hill High School have?
- The schools register lists Castle Hill High School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Castle Hill High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 3.1 in 2022/23 and 3.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Castle Hill High School's absence rate?
- Castle Hill High School's overall absence rate is 9.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Castle Hill High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Castle Hill 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.