OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
9 June 2022
Latest published outcome
School remains Outstanding
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Girls
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Manchester
Trust
GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
1,057
1,057 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
1,057
100.0% of pupils
Male pupils
0
0.0% of pupils
29.8 pts
above England
School
54.6%
Manchester
46.4%
North West
28.5%
England
24.8%
45.4 pts
above England
School
65.7%
Manchester
42.0%
North West
18.1%
England
20.3%
1.9 pts
above England
School
2.9%
Manchester
1.9%
North West
0.8%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Asian background
13.7%
145
Any other ethnic group
5.9%
62
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
15.0%
158 of
1,057 pupils
5.9 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
12.8%
135 pupils
England
14.8%
2.0 pts
below
EHC plans
2.2%
23 pupils
England
6.0%
3.9 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Moderate learning difficulty
55
Speech, language & communication
41
Social, emotional & mental health
33
Autistic spectrum disorder
9
No specialist assessment yet
6
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.88%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.34 pts
lower than
England
School
5.88%
Manchester
6.82%
North West
6.25%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
12.53%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
3.28 pts
lower than
England
School
12.53%
Manchester
18.60%
North West
15.89%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.11%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.69 pts
lower than
England
School
1.11%
Manchester
2.21%
North West
1.75%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
secondary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
96.1%
3.8 pts
above England
Levenshulme High School
96.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.