List of schools in Manchester

This is a list of schools in Manchester, England.

In 2010, the Manchester Local Education Authority was ranked last out of Greater Manchester's ten LEAs – and 147th out of 150 in the country LEAs – based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least five A*–C grades at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) including maths and English (38.6 per cent compared with the national average of 50.7 per cent). The LEA also had the highest occurrence of absences, with 11.11 per cent of "half day sessions missed by pupils", above the national average of 5.8 per cent.^[1]^[2] Of the schools in the LEA with 30 or more pupils, four had 90 per cent or more pupils achieving at least five A*–C grades at GCSE including maths and English (Manchester High School for Girls, St Bede's College, Manchester Islamic High School for Girls, and The King David High School) while three managed 25 per cent or below (Plant Hill Arts College, North Manchester High School for Boys, Brookway High School and Sports College).^[3]

State-funded schools

Primary schools

Abbey Hey Primary Academy, Gorton
Abbott Community Primary School, Collyhurst
Abraham Moss Community School, Crumpsall
Acacias Community Primary School, Burnage
All Saints CE Primary School, Newton Heath
All Saints Primary School, Gorton
Alma Park Primary School, Levenshulme
Armitage CE Primary School, Ardwick
Ashbury Meadow Primary School, Beswick
Baguley Hall Primary School, Baguley
Barlow Hall Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Beaver Road Primary School, Didsbury
Benchill Primary School, Wythenshawe
Birchfields Primary School, Fallowfield
Bowker Vale Primary School, Higher Crumpsall
Briscoe Lane Academy, Newton Heath
Broad Oak Primary School, East Didsbury
Brookburn Community School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Button Lane Primary School, Northern Moor
Cavendish Primary School, West Didsbury
Chapel Street Community Primary School, Levenshulme
Charlestown Community Primary School, Blackley
Cheetham CE Community Academy, Cheetham Hill
Cheetwood Primary School, Cheetham Hill
Chorlton CE Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Chorlton Park Primary, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Christ The King RC Primary School, Newton Heath
Claremont Primary School, Moss Side
CE School of The Resurrection, Beswick
Co-op Academy Broadhurst, Moston
Crab Lane Primary School, Higher Blackley
Cravenwood Primary Academy, Crumpsall
Cringle Brook Primary School, Levenshulme
Crossacres Primary Academy, Wythenshawe
Crosslee Community Primary School, Blackley
Crowcroft Park Primary School, Longsight
Crumpsall Lane Primary School, Crumpsall
Didsbury CE Primary School, Didsbury
The Divine Mercy RC Primary School, Rusholme
E-ACT Blackley Academy, Blackley
Gorton Primary School, Gorton
Green End Primary School, Burnage
Haveley Hey Community School, Benchill
Heald Place Primary School, Rusholme
Higher Openshaw Community School, Higher Openshaw
Holy Name RC Primary School, Moss Side
Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Blackley
Irk Valley Community School, Lower Crumpsall
King David Primary School, Crumpsall
Ladybarn Primary School, Withington
Lily Lane Primary School, Moston
Longsight Community Primary, Longsight
Manchester Communications Primary Academy, Harpurhey
Manley Park Primary School, Whalley Range
Mauldeth Road Primary School, Withington
Medlock Primary School, Ardwick / Chorlton-on-Medlock
Moston Fields Primary School, Moston
Moston Lane Community Primary School, Moston
Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Blackley
New Islington Free School, Ancoats
New Moston Primary School, New Moston
Newall Green Primary School, Wythenshawe
Northenden Community School, Northenden
Oasis Academy Aspinal, Gorton
Oasis Academy Harpur Mount, Harpurhey
Oasis Academy Temple, Cheetham Hill
Old Hall Drive Academy, Gorton
Old Moat Primary School, Withington
Oswald Road Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Our Lady's RC Primary School, Whalley Range
Park View Community Primary, Miles Platting
Peel Hall Primary School, Wythenshawe
Pike Fold Primary School, Blackley
Plymouth Grove Primary School, Chorlton-on-Medlock
Rack House Primary School, Northern Moor
Ravensbury Community School, Clayton
Ringway Primary School, Wythenshawe
Rolls Crescent Primary School, Hulme
Rushbrook Primary Academy, Gorton
Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Baguley
Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Gorton
St Agnes CE Primary School, Longsight
St Aidan's RC Primary School, Northern Moor
St Ambrose RC Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
St Andrew's CE Primary School, Levenshulme
St Anne's RC Primary School, Ancoats
St Anne's RC Primary School, Crumpsall
St Anthony's RC Primary School, Wythenshawe
St Augustine's CE Primary School, Monsall
St Barnabas CE Primary Academy, Openshaw
St Bernard's RC Primary School, Burnage
St Brigid's RC Primary School, Beswick
St Catherine's RC Primary School, Didsbury
St Chad's RC Primary School, Cheetham Hill
St Chrysostom's CE Primary School, Chorlton-on-Medlock
St Clare's RC Primary School, Higher Blackley
St Clement's CE Primary School, Higher Openshaw
St Cuthbert's RC Primary School, Withington
St Dunstan's RC Primary School, Moston
St Edmund's RC Primary School, Miles Platting
St Elizabeth's RC Primary School, Wythenshawe
St Francis RC Primary School, Gorton
St James' CE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme
St James' CE Primary School, Gorton
St John Bosco RC Primary School, Blackley
St John's RC Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
St John's CE Primary School, Longsight
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Longsight
St Kentigern's RC Primary School, Fallowfield
St Luke's CE Primary School, Longsight
St Malachy's RC Primary School, Collyhurst
St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School, New Moston
St Margaret's CE Primary School, Whalley Range
St Mary's CE Junior and Infant School, Moss Side
St Mary's CE Primary School, Moston
St Mary's RC Primary School, Levenshulme
St Patrick's RC Primary School, Collyhurst
St Paul's CE Primary School, Withington
St Peter's RC Primary School, Newall Green
St Philip's CE Primary School, Hulme
St Richard's RC Primary School, Longsight
St Wilfrid's CE Junior and Infant School, Newton Heath
St Wilfrid's CE Primary School, Northenden
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School, Hulme
St Willibrord's RC Primary School, Clayton
SS John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Benchill
Sandilands Primary School, Wythenshawe
Saviour CE Primary School, Collyhurst
Seymour Road Academy, Clayton
Stanley Grove Primary Academy, Longsight
Unity Community Primary, Crumpsall / Cheetham Hill
Varna Community Primary School, Openshaw
Webster Primary School, Moss Side
West Didsbury CE Primary School, West Didsbury
Wilbraham Primary School, Fallowfield
William Hulme's Grammar School, Whalley Range
The Willows Primary School, Wythenshawe

Secondary schools

Special and alternative schools

Ashgate Specialist Support Primary School, Wythenshawe
The Birches School, West Didsbury
Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit, Withington
Camberwell Park Specialist Support School, Moston
Grange School, Gorton
Lancasterian School, West Didsbury
Manchester Hospital School, Chorlton-on-Medlock
Manchester Secondary PRU, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Meade Hill School, Higher Blackley
Melland High School, Gorton
North Ridge High School, Blackley
Pioneer House High School, Northern Moor
Piper Hill High School, Newall Green
Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School, Gorton
Rodney House School, Longsight
Southern Cross School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Further education

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

Manchester Muslim Preparatory School, Withington
Moor Allerton Preparatory School, West Didsbury

Senior and all-through schools

Abbey College, Manchester city centre
Chetham's School of Music, Manchester city centre
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
King of Kings School, Manchester city centre
Manchester Grammar School, Rusholme
Manchester High School for Girls, Fallowfield
Manchester Islamic High School for Girls, Didsbury^[4]
St Bede's College, Whalley Range
Sol Christian Academy, Piccadilly
TLG Manchester, Harpurhey
Withington Girls' School, Fallowfield

Special and alternative schools

The Greens ENS, Newton Heath
Harpurhey Alternative Provision School, Harpurhey
IncludED, Whalley Range
Manchester Jewish School for Special Education, Cheetham Hill
Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy, Levenshulme
Music Stuff, Openshaw
Progress Schools, Gorton
TLG Manchester, Harpurhey

Further education

Communicate School, Manchester

References

^ "How different areas performed". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
^ "How different areas performed in school league tables". BBC News. BBC. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
^ "Secondary schools in Manchester". BBC News. BBC. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
^ Manchester Islamic High School for Girls; accessed 2024-10-30

Manchester City Council Schoolfinder
Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education)
Schools in Manchester Data provided by EduBase public portal - The Department for Education

[1] "How different areas performed". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[2] "How different areas performed in school league tables". BBC News. BBC. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[3] "Secondary schools in Manchester". BBC News. BBC. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[4] Manchester Islamic High School for Girls; accessed 2024-10-30

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v t e Schools in Manchester
All-through schools	Abraham Moss Community School William Hulme's Grammar School
Secondary schools	The Barlow RC High School Burnage Academy for Boys Cedar Mount Academy Chorlton High School Co-op Academy Manchester Co-op Academy North Manchester Dixons Brooklands Academy The East Manchester Academy King David High School Levenshulme High School Loreto High School Manchester Academy Manchester Communication Academy Manchester Enterprise Academy Our Lady's RC High School Parrs Wood High School St Matthew's RC High School St Paul's RC High School St Peter's RC High School Trinity CE High School Whalley Range High School Wright Robinson College
Independent schools	Chetham's School of Music Manchester Grammar School Manchester High School for Girls St Bede's College Withington Girls' School
Special schools	Pioneer House High School
FE & sixth form colleges	Co-operative College Connell Sixth Form College Loreto College The Manchester College Xaverian College
Defunct schools	Ellen Wilkinson High School Hollies Convent FCJ School Newall Green High School Plant Hill Arts College Poundswick Grammar School

v t e Schools in England
East of England	Bedford Cambridgeshire Central Bedfordshire Essex Hertfordshire Luton Norfolk Peterborough Southend-on-Sea Suffolk Thurrock
South East	Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Buckinghamshire East Sussex Hampshire Isle of Wight Kent Medway Milton Keynes Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Surrey West Berkshire West Sussex Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham
South West	Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bristol Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset South Gloucestershire Swindon Torbay Wiltshire
Yorkshire and the Humber	Barnsley Bradford Calderdale Doncaster East Riding of Yorkshire Hull Kirklees Leeds North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Yorkshire Rotherham Sheffield Wakefield York
North East	Darlington Durham Gateshead Hartlepool Middlesbrough North Tyneside Northumberland Newcastle upon Tyne Redcar and Cleveland South Tyneside Stockton-on-Tees Sunderland
North West	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bolton Bury Cumberland Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Knowsley Lancashire Liverpool Manchester Oldham Rochdale Salford Sefton St Helens Stockport Tameside Trafford Warrington Westmorland and Furness Wigan Wirral
East Midlands	Derby Derbyshire Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Rutland West Northamptonshire
Greater London	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden City of London Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
West Midlands	Birmingham Coventry Dudley Herefordshire Sandwell Shropshire Solihull Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Telford and Wrekin Walsall Warwickshire Wolverhampton Worcestershire
See also	Middle Schools Grammars Private (independent) State Boarding Oldest