North West
Special 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.
Special schools in Manchester
Sorted by name. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashgate Specialist Support Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| IncludEd LearningOther independent special school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Lancasterian SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Manchester Hospital SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Manchester Jewish School for Special EducationOther independent special school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| North Ridge High SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Oakbrook SchoolOther independent special school | Manchester | No grade | — |
| Rodney House SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| The Birches SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | Good 2024 | — |
| The Greens ENSOther independent special school | Greater Manchester | No grade | — |
| The Watkin CentreOther independent special school | Manchester | No grade | — |