Castle Hill High School A GSG School
- Castle Hill High School
The Fairway
Offerton
Stockport
Cheshire
SK2 5DS - Head: Mrs A. Hudson
- T 0161 285 3925
- F 01614 066592
- E admin@castlehill.stockport.sch.uk
- W www.castlehill…tockport.sch.uk
- A state special school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18. Type of SEN provision: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Stockport
- Pupils: 325; sixth formers: 46
- Religion: Does not apply
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 2
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 2
- 1 Short inspection 4th July 2023
- 2 Full inspection 17th May 2017
Short inspection reports only give an overall grade; you have to read the report itself to gauge whether the detailed grading from the earlier full inspection still stands.
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 2nd October 2013
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
An ease and harmony exists between students despite their varying needs and previous school experiences. One parent also highlighted this saying, 'children know each other’s problems - they’re in a bubble and it’s nice bubble to be in.’ We met an engaging group of students from across several year groups, and were struck by how confident and reflective they were about their own journeys. Almost all spoke of previously lacking confidence or having issues with communicating. Several students mentioned liking the rewards such as going to a play centre for 100 per cent attendance and another said, 'I got to spend £10 of the school’s money ...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2022 Mrs Anna Hudson
Entrance
Majority of students join in year 7 from a range of mainstream and specialist schools across Stockport with a handful from further afield (Cheshire, Manchester, Tameside). Those that come later tend to come from mainstream placements that have broken down as a result of poor behaviour (usually due to not being able to keep up with the work) or bullying.
All admissions come via the LA - they only accept students who operate below their national average peers. They are not able to support with tribunal.
Transition for new students is managed by school SENCOs who begin visiting children in schools and invite parents to visit once confirmation of admission received from the LA.
A small number of students...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Castle Hill High is a community special school catering for pupils from age eleven to sixteen who have special educational needs. Pupils have moderate or complex learning difficulties.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
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