Harrytown Catholic High School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Stockport·SK6 3BU
Composite score
50.8
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#2,434
National rank
#316
In North West
#11
In Stockport
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
35%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
53%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
3.26

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
153 first choices, 156 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
415
any preference, for 156 places
Last place offered lived
1.66 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2670 m
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7720220.8720230.8820240.8720250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
803
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
15.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,666
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
90%
146 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Harrytown Catholic High School at a glance

Located in Stockport, Harrytown Catholic High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 803 pupils aged 11 to 16. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 40.6 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

35% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 53% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 94% of the families who made Harrytown Catholic High School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.66 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.5%. There are about 15.3 pupils per teacher. Harrytown Catholic High School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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