Highfields College

State-Funded School

highfields-college-stockport-north-west

North WestRegion

StockportLocal Authority

StockportConstituency

SK5 8DRPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Highfields College is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 11–16, located in Stockport, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 182 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

182

Total Pupils

61%Boys

39%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

66%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: PRU
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 182
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 20 November 2024. 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
24 Feb 2020	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

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.