St Peter's RC High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Manchester
Kirkmanshulme Lane, M12 4WB
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
67%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.4%
14.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,013
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,000 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
67%
1st preference success rate
153 of 227 families who put it first got an offer
184
Places offered
795
Total applications
4.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 227 | 153 | ● 67% |
| 2nd preference | 210 | 21 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 205 | 7 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 153 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Total | 795 | 184 | 23% |
1st preference success by year
Manchester lets families list 6 preferences. 27 applications came from outside the council area (7 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stephen Gabriel
- Address
- Kirkmanshulme Lane, M12 4WB
- Phone
- 01612481550
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward / constituency
- Longsight · Gorton and Denton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 131880
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 29% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,013 pupils · 1,000 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
30 March 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,064 pupils
Attendance
94.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.57 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 51% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.52 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 45.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 67.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 44.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.16 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 217 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 217 | 19% | 53% | 76% | |
| English Language | 217 | 16% | 45% | 67% | |
| Religious Studies | 213 | 27% | 55% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 212 | 19% | 57% | 72% | |
| Combined Science | 191 | 11% | 43% | 63% | |
| Geography | 111 | 14% | 35% | 50% | |
| History | 89 | 21% | 48% | 60% | |
| Art and Design | 70 | 20% | 69% | 93% | |
| Spanish | 54 | 20% | 46% | 65% | |
| Business | 46 | 28% | 61% | 70% | |
| French | 41 | 27% | 80% | 90% | |
| Statistics | 40 | 15% | 53% | 68% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Manchester council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.