Castle Hill High School

State-Funded School

castle-hill-high-school-stockport-north-west

North WestRegion

StockportLocal Authority

Hazel GroveConstituency

SK2 5DSPostcode

7.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Castle Hill High School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–18, located in Stockport, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 350 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 3.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.13

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

350

Total Pupils

75%Boys

25%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 350
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 4 July 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
26 Jun 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.