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Saint Paul's Catholic High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 933Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 139456URN

Firbank Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2YS · 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
3.3per place
0.8 above Manchester median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester

548 applications for 165 places · 7th of 32 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.4of 90
29th of 31 in Manchester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 16 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • 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. 14 July 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 14 June 2022
    Graded inspection: 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
3.3applications per place, Year 7
0.8 above Manchester median (2.5) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

548 applications · 165 places offered · 300 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.3; Manchester median median 2.5
  2. 2025 3.2; Manchester median median 2.6
  3. 2024 3.1; Manchester median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.6; Manchester median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.6; Manchester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.5; Manchester median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.4; Manchester median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.3; Manchester median median 2.3
  9. 2018 1.7; Manchester median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.3; Manchester median median 2.1
  11. 2016 1.5; Manchester median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.5; Manchester median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.5; Manchester median median 1.7
  • 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 20261655483.33001.82
Sep 20251695353.22951.75
Sep 20241655103.12701.64
Sep 20231694322.62091.24
Sep 20221903101.61670.88
Sep 20211802711.51510.84
Sep 20201632221.41240.76
Sep 20191431851.3960.67
Sep 20181051791.7970.92
Sep 20171451851.3970.67
Sep 20161672511.51070.64
Sep 20151792621.51530.85
Sep 20141772681.51540.87

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

184 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.429th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%24th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.89
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18438.435%53%–
2024/2516733.326%47%–
2023/2417332.017%43%−0.89
2022/2318639.835%55%−0.52

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139456 · 352/4766
Trust
Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
900 pupils · 933 on roll
Free school meals
53.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 April 2013
Replaced
St Paul's Catholic High School (URN 105579)
Address
Firbank Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2YS
Local authority
Manchester

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