North West
Secondary schools in Manchester
201 schools, 94,736 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 46.7.
Ofsted across Manchester
Good85
Outstanding16
Requires improvement9
Inadequate3
No overall grade88
113 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 88 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Manchester
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, ManchesterFree schools | Manchester | No grade | 58.2 |
| Didsbury High SchoolFree schools | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 57.1 |
| The King David High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Requires improvement 2023 | 55.4 |
| Chorlton High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | 54 |
| Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, ManchesterFree schools | Manchester | No grade | 53.1 |
| Levenshulme High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Outstanding 2022 | 52.5 |
| Whalley Range 11-18 High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 52.1 |
| William Hulme's Grammar SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No grade | 51.9 |
| Trinity CofE High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 50 |
| The Barlow RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 49.8 |
| Our Lady's RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No grade | 49.1 |
| Wright Robinson CollegeAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | 49.1 |
| CHS SouthFree schools | Manchester | Good 2023 | 48.3 |
| Parrs Wood High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | 48.1 |
| St Peter's RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 47.4 |
| Loreto High School ChorltonVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Requires improvement 2024 | 46.6 |
| Burnage Academy for BoysAcademy converter | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | 46.6 |
| Dean Trust ArdwickAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2023 | 46.6 |
| Manchester Enterprise Academy CentralFree schools | Manchester | Good 2022 | 46.1 |
| Manchester AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2022 | 45.4 |
| Co-op Academy ManchesterAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2023 | 44.9 |
| Manchester Communication AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 44.5 |
| Co-op Academy North ManchesterAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 42.4 |
| The East Manchester AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No grade | 41.9 |
| Abraham Moss Community SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | No grade | 39.7 |
| St Matthew's RC High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No grade | 37.8 |
| Manchester Enterprise AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Wythenshawe | No grade | 37.5 |
| Cedar Mount AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Gorton | No grade | 37.2 |
| Dixons Brooklands AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No grade | 36.1 |
| Saint Paul's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 33.3 |
| Co-op Academy Belle VueFree schools | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Dixons Newall Green AcademyFree schools | Manchester | No grade | — |