# Heaton School

Heaton School is a special school in Stockport, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 94 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E106173. [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 94
- Council: Stockport
- URN: 106173

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).


### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Stockport | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 48.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 51.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 69.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 14 | – | – |

Heaton School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Covenant Christian School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/covenant-christian-school-e106158): 480 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-church-of-england-primary-school-heaton-chapel-e106128): 530 m. Primary. School remains Good, June 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tithe Barn Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tithe-barn-primary-school-e106080): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Bernard's RC Primary School Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-bernards-rc-primary-school-manchester-e105541): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 21% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Green End Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/green-end-primary-school-e140130): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Broadstone Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broadstone-hall-primary-school-e106034): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/106173)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106173)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/heaton-school-e106173