Chetham's School of Music
Other independent school · Mixed · Manchester
Long Millgate, M3 1SB
56
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
331
Capacity used
Nearly full93%
355 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 8–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Nicola Smith
- Address
- Long Millgate, Manchester, M3 1SB
- Phone
- 01618349644
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward / constituency
- Deansgate · Manchester Central
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105588
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
331 pupils · 355 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 39.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.47 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.03 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.14 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 41 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.07 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 58 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | 41 | 76% | 93% | 98% | |
| Combined Science | 41 | 49% | 78% | 88% | |
| Mathematics | 35 | 57% | 86% | 100% | |
| French | 16 | 44% | 94% | 100% | |
| German | 15 | 87% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 9 | 44% | 67% | 100% | |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | 57 | 7% | 39% | 70% | |
| Mathematics | 23 | 17% | 30% | 52% | |
| Music Technology | 12 | 0% | 8% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 18% | 27% | 82% | |
| Chemistry | 9 | 11% | 22% | 22% | |
| French | 7 | 14% | 29% | 57% | |
| History | 7 | 0% | 14% | 57% | |
| German | 6 | 0% | 17% | 100% | |
| Biology | 6 | 17% | 17% | 17% | |
| English Language | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chinese | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11573: Chetham's School of Music
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 6 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.