Academy converter · Secondary
Manchester · M21 7SL · Manchester
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 105574
Loreto High School Chorlton
Voluntary aided school · Manchester · M21 7SW
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
742
Local authority
Manchester
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a 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 voluntary aided school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Manchester, Manchester, 742 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 57.8%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Salford.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 105574
Location
- Address
- Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy
- Postcode
- M21 7SW
- Town
- Manchester
- Local authority
- Manchester
- District
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Withington
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
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
- 742
- Boys / girls
- 393 / 349
- School capacity
- 750
- Capacity fill
- 742 / 750 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 57.8%
- FSM pupils
- 428
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Hughes
- Telephone
- 01618819448
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-05-15
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 46.2
- Progress 8
- -0.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 43%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 68%
- EBacc entry
- 36%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1