Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry727 applications · 222 places offered · 121 named it first
- 2026 3.3; Manchester median median 2.5
- 2025 3.6; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2024 3.2; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2023 3.3; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2022 2.8; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2021 2.0; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2020 2.7; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2019 3.2; Manchester median median 2.3
- 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 | 222 | 727 | 3.3 | 121 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2025 | 217 | 785 | 3.6 | 143 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2024 | 249 | 789 | 3.2 | 140 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2023 | 234 | 760 | 3.3 | 129 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2022 | 217 | 614 | 2.8 | 122 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2021 | 243 | 493 | 2.0 | 69 | 0.28 |
| Sep 2020 | 167 | 456 | 2.7 | 69 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2019 | 122 | 388 | 3.2 | 69 | 0.57 |
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.) | 234 | 47.2 | 48% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 175 | 48.3 | 44% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 148 | 44.8 | 47% | 68% | −0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 172 | 45.8 | 47% | 68% | −0.11 |
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
- CHS SouthThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.3applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · Manchester20253.2applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · ManchesterRequires improvement20243.3applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · ManchesterOutstanding20246.1applications per place 57.8Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · ManchesterRemains Good20222.2applications per place 52.1Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · ManchesterImproved significantly20255.9applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · TraffordRemains Good · improving20247.3applications per place 75.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.8 km · ManchesterGood20221.8applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · TraffordStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 46.5Attainment 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
- 145873 · 352/4014
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,177 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Address
- 451 Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 7SX
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources