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Hazel Grove High School

Academy converter in Stockport, SK7 5JX, taking ages 11 to 18, 1,452 on roll.

Report card Ofsted, Apr 2026
1.57 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
105% Full, over capacity
48.6 Attainment 8, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.57 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.

The circle is 1.57 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Hazel Grove High School: 1.57 miles, 2026/27 Moorfield Primary School: 14.05 miles, 2026/27, published by Stockport

This is not a catchment area. 1.57 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Hazel Grove High School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2026/27, from Stockport. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Stockport, published admission distances, 2026/27

Where Hazel Grove High School and Moorfield Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Moorfield Primary School admitted from 14.05 miles in 2026/27, published by Stockport. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is SK7 at £360,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Hazel Grove High SchoolFrom Moorfield Primary SchoolMedian sold price
SK7 Stockport 0.4 mi 0.6 mi £360,000 100 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Stockport, 55 of 267 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (20.6%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Hazel Grove High School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Moorfield Primary School Both in reach Primary 14.05 mi 2026/27 0.2 mi
Norbury Hall Primary School Both in reach Primary 2.44 mi 2026/27 0.6 mi
Bramhall High School Both in reach Secondary 4.1 mi 2026/27 0.8 mi
Ladybrook Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.92 mi 2026/27 0.8 mi
Hazel Grove Primary School Both in reach Primary 4.45 mi 2026/27 1.0 mi
Pownall Green Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.42 mi 2026/27 1.1 mi

The distance as a picture

Hazel Grove High School catchment area map: the 1.57 mile admission distance, 2026/27 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formHas a sixth form
How full 1,452 pupils in 1,384 places (105% full, over capacity)
TrustTHE LAURUS TRUST
Local authorityStockport

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Report card, April 2026: 4 areas strong or exceptional, 3 at the expected standard
Report card
  • Safeguarding Met
  • Inclusion Strong standard
  • Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
  • Achievement Expected standard
  • Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
  • Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
  • Early years Not applicable
  • Post-16 provision Strong standard
  • Leadership and governance Strong standard
Ofsted stopped giving schools a single overall grade in 2024; from November 2025 each area is judged on this five-point scale.
Attainment 8 48.6 (2024/25)
YearProgress 8
2024/25 not published
2023/24 +0.19
2022/23 +0.22

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Hazel Grove High School

Girls and boys49.0% girls, 51.0% boys
English as an additional language12.1% of pupils
Free school meals16.7% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Where Hazel Grove High School's Year 11 went next

Stayed for the sixth form14.3%
Sixth-form college35.8%
Further education college39.6%
Apprenticeship2.7%
Employment1.4%
No sustained destination recorded4.4%

DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.

What it costs to live within reach of Hazel Grove High School

Cheapest district inside the 1.57 miles: SK7, median £360,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
SK7 Stockport 0.4 mi £360,000 100 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.57 miles the school admitted from in 2026/27, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Hazel Grove High School by bus

Best-served stop: Hazel Grove High School, 118 yd away, with 0.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 15:30, last 15:31.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Hazel Grove High School86 yd0.10.00.0374
Hazel Grove High School92 yd0.10.00.0874
Hazel Grove High School118 yd0.20.00.0827, 858

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Hazel Grove High School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around SK7: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at SK7 5JX, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Hazel Grove High School?

Hazel Grove High School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 1.57 miles away, per Stockport.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Hazel Grove High School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.57 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 105% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Hazel Grove High School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Stockport school's distance

All Stockport schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
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Admission distance published by Stockport. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.