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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 18 June 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 14 May 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry979 applications · 167 places offered · 313 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 5.9; Manchester median median 2.5
- 2025 6.0; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2024 6.3; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2023 6.5; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2022 4.6; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2021 5.7; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2020 6.2; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2019 6.2; Manchester median median 2.3
- 2018 6.6; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2017 7.6; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2016 8.9; Manchester median median 2.0
- 2015 8.6; Manchester median median 1.8
- 2014 10.3; Manchester median median 1.7
- This school
- Manchester median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.9 per place (174 applications for 60 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 167 | 979 | 5.9 | 313 | 1.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 173 | 1,043 | 6.0 | 304 | 1.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 171 | 1,074 | 6.3 | 324 | 1.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 175 | 1,143 | 6.5 | 376 | 2.15 |
| Sep 2022 | 176 | 816 | 4.6 | 322 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 178 | 1,020 | 5.7 | 356 | 2.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 177 | 1,104 | 6.2 | 384 | 2.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 171 | 1,060 | 6.2 | 374 | 2.19 |
| Sep 2018 | 177 | 1,163 | 6.6 | 434 | 2.45 |
| Sep 2017 | 174 | 1,329 | 7.6 | 524 | 3.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 147 | 1,307 | 8.9 | 513 | 3.49 |
| Sep 2015 | 147 | 1,257 | 8.6 | 475 | 3.23 |
| Sep 2014 | 115 | 1,189 | 10.3 | 489 | 4.25 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 178 | 49.7 | 56% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 182 | 51.9 | 57% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 179 | 49.1 | 52% | 68% | +0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 52.2 | 56% | 76% | +0.21 |
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
- William Hulme's Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20255.9applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · ManchesterRemains Good20222.2applications per place 52.1Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · ManchesterGood20233.3applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Manchester20253.2applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · ManchesterGood20221.8applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · ManchesterRequires improvement20243.3applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · ManchesterOutstanding20246.1applications per place 57.8Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · ManchesterGood20234.1applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Manchester20262.2applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 135296 · 352/6907
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Capacity
- 1,300 pupils · 1,542 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2007
- Replaced
- William Hulme's Grammar School (URN 105593); Oaklands Preparatory School (URN 105589)
- Address
- Spring Bridge Road, Manchester, M16 8PR
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources