Special school in Manchester
Manchester Hospital School
3rd Floor School, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 9WL
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 15 July 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Exam results
Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 152
- Girls / boys
- 83 / 69
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Manchester 018F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 44%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 11%
- Households owning their home
- 27%
- Households in social housing
- 39%
- Households with no car
- 51%
- Adults economically inactive
- 61%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Community special school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- Ages 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Joanna Beswick
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward
- Ardwick
- Constituency
- Manchester Rusholme
- URN
- 105602
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest special schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney House SchoolCommunity special school | Outstanding 2023 | — | 1.1 mi |
| IncludEd LearningOther independent special school | No grade | — | 1.2 mi |
| SMS Changing Lives SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 1.7 mi |
| St John Vianney RC SchoolNon-maintained special school | Good 2023 | — | 2.3 mi |
| The Birches SchoolCommunity special school | Good 2024 | — | 2.6 mi |
| Angel Meadow SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 2.6 mi |
| Lancasterian SchoolCommunity special school | No grade | — | 2.7 mi |
| Heaton SchoolCommunity special school | Requires improvement 2024 | — | 2.8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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