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Levenshulme High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,057Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • 141196URN

Crossley Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 1FS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Manchester median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester

527 applications for 211 places · 17th of 32 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.2of 90
9th of 31 in Manchester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 22 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 30 June 2026
    Report card · 4 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 9 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding

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
2.5applications per place, Year 7
close to Manchester median (2.5) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

527 applications · 211 places offered · 222 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Manchester median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.7; Manchester median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.7; Manchester median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.0; Manchester median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.5; Manchester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.5; Manchester median median 2.1
  7. 2020 2.4; Manchester median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.1; Manchester median median 2.3
  9. 2018 1.8; Manchester median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.7; Manchester median median 2.1
  11. 2016 1.6; Manchester median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.6; Manchester median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.3; Manchester median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Manchester median

Dashed bars: as Levenshulme High School (URN 105568), the previous school.

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 20262115272.52221.05
Sep 20252125762.72531.19
Sep 20242155712.72991.39
Sep 20231945813.02411.24
Sep 20221964822.52391.22
Sep 20211985032.52401.21
Sep 20202004812.42391.20
Sep 20191994102.11840.92
Sep 20181993511.81590.80
Sep 20172003421.71560.78
Sep 20161993081.61430.72
Sep 20151983181.61470.74
Sep 2014 *1912461.31180.62

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

203 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.29th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%12th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.91
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20351.251%72%–
2024/2520752.553%68%–
2023/2419952.652%71%+0.91
2022/2320252.656%76%+1.08

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
141196 · 352/4005
Trust
Greater Manchester Education Trust
Capacity
1,100 pupils · 1,057 on roll
Free school meals
54.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2014
Replaced
Levenshulme High School (URN 105568)
Address
Crossley Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 1FS
Local authority
Manchester

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