Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 2 Exceptional, 4 Strong standard
- 9 February 2022Graded 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 entry438 applications · 199 places offered · 149 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Manchester median median 2.5
- 2025 2.4; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2024 2.2; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2023 2.5; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2022 1.9; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2021 2.1; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2020 2.5; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2019 2.3; Manchester median median 2.3
- 2018 2.1; Manchester median median 2.1
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 199 | 438 | 2.2 | 149 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2025 | 201 | 474 | 2.4 | 166 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2024 | 204 | 445 | 2.2 | 168 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2023 | 202 | 508 | 2.5 | 206 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 205 | 396 | 1.9 | 182 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 | 206 | 438 | 2.1 | 202 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 200 | 505 | 2.5 | 218 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 465 | 2.3 | 203 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 206 | 432 | 2.1 | 187 | 0.91 |
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.) | 206 | 47.3 | 49% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 216 | 46.1 | 44% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 202 | 47.3 | 49% | 66% | +0.27 |
| 2022/23 | 210 | 47.0 | 50% | 73% | +0.17 |
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
- Manchester Enterprise Academy CentralThis schoolThis school20262.2applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Manchester20262.5applications per place 51.2Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Manchester20264.1applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · ManchesterRemains Good20232.4applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Manchester20262.1applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · ManchesterRemains Outstanding20242.2applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · ManchesterOutstanding20244.6applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · ManchesterGood20221.8applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · ManchesterRemains Good20222.2applications per place 52.1Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144755 · 352/4013
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,049 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Address
- Lytham Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M14 6PL
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources