Marple Hall School

Academy converter·Secondary school Stockport·SK6 6LB
Composite score
63.1
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National rank
#95
In North West
#5
In Stockport
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
60%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
76%
% EBacc grade 5+
42%
EBacc average points score
4.83

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
81%
387 first choices, 320 places
First choices per place
1.21
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
781
any preference, for 320 places
Last place offered lived
1.70 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2728 m
Applications from another council area
4%

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
1,560
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£3,598
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

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About Marple Hall School

Marple Hall School is a secondary school in Stockport, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,560 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 50.5 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.0 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of secondary schools nationally.

60% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 76% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Marple Hall School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 387 first choices for 320 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.70 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Marple Hall 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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