Academy converter · Secondary
Manchester · M20 5PG · Manchester
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 105581
The Barlow RC High School
Voluntary aided school · Manchester · M20 6BX
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
930
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, 930 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 39.5%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. 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
- 105581
Location
- Address
- Parrs Wood Road, East Didsbury
- Postcode
- M20 6BX
- 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
- 930
- Boys / girls
- 487 / 443
- School capacity
- 900
- Capacity fill
- 930 / 900 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 39.5%
- FSM pupils
- 367
- 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
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 20 on roll / 20 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Claire Wallace
- Telephone
- 01614458053
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
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-07-16
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
- 50.6
- Progress 8
- 0.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 53%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 76%
- EBacc entry
- 43%
- EBacc APS
- 4.6