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Voluntary aided school · Manchester

St Peter's RC High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,013Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 131880URN

Kirkmanshulme Lane, M12 4WB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.1per place
1.6 above Manchester median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester

774 applications for 187 places · 4th of 32 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.7of 90
10th of 31 in Manchester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 16 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExceptional
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExceptional
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 4 Exceptional, 2 Strong standard
  2. 30 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.1applications per place, Year 7
1.6 above Manchester median (2.5) 1.9 above England median (2.2)

774 applications · 187 places offered · 223 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 4.1; Manchester median median 2.5
  2. 2025 4.3; Manchester median median 2.6
  3. 2024 4.1; Manchester median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.7; Manchester median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.9; Manchester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.2; Manchester median median 2.1
  7. 2020 3.4; Manchester median median 2.4
  8. 2019 3.1; Manchester median median 2.3
  9. 2018 2.9; Manchester median median 2.1
  10. 2017 2.8; Manchester median median 2.1
  11. 2016 2.6; Manchester median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.7; Manchester median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.5; Manchester median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Manchester median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Manchester median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261877744.12231.19
Sep 20251847954.32271.23
Sep 20241887664.12051.09
Sep 20231897063.71961.04
Sep 20221945562.92001.03
Sep 20212006403.22381.19
Sep 20201946583.42261.16
Sep 20191976103.12321.18
Sep 20181975612.92331.18
Sep 20171975552.81950.99
Sep 20162005202.61840.92
Sep 20152005392.72361.18
Sep 20141784462.52331.31

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

210 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.710th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%13th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.57
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21050.750%70%–
2024/2521747.446%67%–
2023/2420551.651%76%+0.57
2022/2319949.147%69%+0.12

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
131880 · 352/4770
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,000 pupils · 1,013 on roll
Free school meals
47.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 1999
Address
Kirkmanshulme Lane, M12 4WB
Local authority
Manchester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources