Our Lady's RC High School
Voluntary aided school · Secondary
Manchester · M9 0RP · Manchester
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136174
Co-op Academy Manchester
Academy sponsor led · Manchester · M9 0WQ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
1,554
Local authority
Manchester
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Manchester, Manchester, 1,554 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 52.8%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136174
Location
- Address
- Plant Hill Road, Higher Blackley
- Postcode
- M9 0WQ
- Town
- Manchester
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Local authority
- Manchester
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,554
- Boys / girls
- 756 / 798
- School capacity
- 1,650
- Capacity fill
- 1,554 / 1,650 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 52.8%
- FSM pupils
- 820
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST
Contact
- Telephone
- 01617953005