Graded inspection · Mar 2024 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry1,019 applications · 222 places offered · 364 named it first
- 2026 4.6; Manchester median median 2.5
- 2025 4.5; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2024 3.3; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2023 2.3; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2022 2.0; 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 | 222 | 1,019 | 4.6 | 364 | 1.64 |
| Sep 2025 | 226 | 1,010 | 4.5 | 374 | 1.65 |
| Sep 2024 | 226 | 752 | 3.3 | 219 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 220 | 509 | 2.3 | 129 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 117 | 2.0 | 34 | 0.58 |
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.) | 115 | 52.9 | 62% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 0 | – | |||
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Co-op Academy Belle VueThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20244.6applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 0.5 km · Manchester20264.1applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · ManchesterRemains Good20232.4applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Manchester20262.1applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · ManchesterGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Manchester20262.2applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Manchester20262.5applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · TamesideGood20222.0applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Manchester20262.5applications per place 51.2Attainment 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
- 148544 · 352/4016
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 946 on roll
- Free school meals
- 61.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Address
- 450 Hyde Road, Manchester, M12 4BA
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources