Pear Tree Specialist Support High School

Special · ages 11-19MixedFree school96 pupilsSixth formStockport

School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.

Attendance88.2%England 94.8%

Pupils from low-income families53%Far more than most schools

Places37 spare96 pupils, 133 places

Pupils per teacher8.0School workforce census

Pupils on roll96Census January 2026

Pear Tree Specialist Support High School is a special free school in Stockport for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 96 pupils and room for 133. About 53 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.

Worcester Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Stockport, SK8 5NW0161 509 4099peartreeschool.org.ukHeadteacher Katie Jones Rachel Hughes headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Stockport council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll96Census January 2026

Places13372% full

Pupils from low-income families53%53% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years

Pupils learning English12%First language is not English

Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support

Pupils with an EHC plan100%96 pupils with a plan

Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)48%£47,300 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%

Boys and girls64 / 32

White British pupils74%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (53), language and communications needs (17), Severe learning difficulty (9), Moderate learning difficulty (5), emotional and mental health (5), Physical disability (3).

How the mix of pupils has changed

Census	2026	2025
Pupils on roll	96	41
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals	53%	46%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language	12%	10%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support	–	0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans	–	100%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 88.2% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance88.2%

England 94.8%

Official name: 100 minus overall absence

Pupils missing a lot of school25.6%

England 12.8%

Official name: Persistent absence

Suspensions per 100 pupils4.92024/25, no permanent exclusions

Missed without permission4.3%of school time, 2024/25

Attendance year by year

Measure	2024/25	England
Sessions missedOverall absence	11.9%	5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence	7.6%	–
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence	4.3%	–
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence	25.6%	12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate	4.9	–
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions	0	–

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers12.0full-time equivalent, 14 people

Pupils per teacher8.0Pupils for every full-time teacher

Fully qualified teachers86%hold qualified teacher status

Teaching assistants24.6full-time equivalent

Average teacher pay£55,605

Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement

Vacancies0

Sick days per teacher1.02024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£30,805England £30,720. Total £1.3m

Income per pupil£29,951England £33,526. Total £1.2m

Spent on teachers per pupil£10,293England £11,966

Money in reserve10%A healthy amount put by: £120k, £2,925 per pupil. England 16%

Money in against money out-£35kit spent more than it took in this year

Where the money goes£30,805spent per pupil

33%27%10%15%

Teachers 33%Support staff 27%Supply staff 3%Buildings 10%Learning resources 4%Catering 4%Energy 5%Everything else 15%

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Local crime rate0 per 1,000 people100% lower than the England average

Typical house price£305,000Stockport

Nearest bus stop460 mOrrishmere Road, 3 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Oak Tree Primary School	Council	260 m	638	Good 2024	91	Compare
Ladybridge Primary School	Council	630 m	150	Good 2022	13	Compare
Cheadle Hulme Primary School	Free school	730 m	458	Good 2023	72	Compare
Laurus Cheadle Hulme	Free school	770 m	1,054	Outstanding 2023	87	Compare
Meadowbank Primary School	Academy	0.7 miles	424	Good 2022	84	Compare
Cheadle Catholic Infant School	Roman Catholic	0.8 miles	248	Good 2023	78	Compare
Cheadle Catholic Junior School	Roman Catholic	0.8 miles	355	Not inspected	91	Compare
Inscape House School	Non-maintained special	0.8 miles	158	Good 2022	–	Compare

All schools in Stockport Best primary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Pear Tree Specialist Support High School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Pear Tree Specialist Support High School yet.

How many pupils does Pear Tree Specialist Support High School have?

96 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 133 places, so it is 72% full.

What is attendance like at Pear Tree Specialist Support High School?

Pupils were in school 88.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 26% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

Does Pear Tree Specialist Support High School have a sixth form?

Yes.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address: Worcester Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Stockport, SK8 5NW
Telephone: 0161 509 4099
Website: www.peartreeschool.org.uk
Headteacher: Headteacher Katie Jones Rachel Hughes
Type of school: Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
Phase: Special school, ages 11-19, with sixth form
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Multi-academy trust: Prospere Learning Trust (11 schools)
Local authority: Stockport
Ward: Cheadle East & Cheadle Hulme North
Constituency: Cheadle
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 1 September 2024 (academy free school)
URN: 150735 · LAESTAB 3567002 · UKPRN 10095879

Official record Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from

School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
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