Levenshulme High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Girls · Manchester
Crossley Road, Manchester, M19 1FS
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
74%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.1%
12.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,057
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
1,100 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
74%
1st preference success rate
186 of 253 families who put it first got an offer
212
Places offered
576
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 253 | 186 | ● 74% |
| 2nd preference | 132 | 15 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 91 | 8 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 100 | 3 | ● 3% |
| Total | 576 | 212 | 37% |
1st preference success by year
Manchester lets families list 6 preferences. 60 applications came from outside the council area (10 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Alex Fair
- Address
- Crossley Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 1FS
- Phone
- 01612244625
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward / constituency
- Burnage · Gorton and Denton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141196
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 55% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 75% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
1,057 pupils · 1,100 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
09 June 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,077 pupils
Attendance
94.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.3%
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 | 52.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.91 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 71% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.93 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 52.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 52.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 68.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 80.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 207 | — |
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 | 207 | 30% | 56% | 71% | |
| English Language | 207 | 23% | 58% | 72% | |
| Religious Studies | 205 | 29% | 69% | 81% | |
| English Literature | 203 | 27% | 66% | 82% | |
| Combined Science | 163 | 20% | 50% | 73% | |
| Geography | 127 | 23% | 48% | 72% | |
| Urdu | 48 | 58% | 94% | 96% | |
| French | 48 | 44% | 81% | 88% | |
| History | 48 | 27% | 50% | 67% | |
| Spanish | 48 | 38% | 60% | 77% | |
| Social Studies | 44 | 23% | 75% | 84% | |
| Biology | 43 | 51% | 74% | 77% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
Loading prices…
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) |
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.