This is a list of schools in Manchester, England. In 2010, the Manchester

Local Education Authority Local education authorities (LEAs) were local councils in England that are responsible for education within their jurisdiction. The term was used to identify which council (district or county) is locally responsible for education in a system wit ...

was ranked last out of Greater Manchester's ten LEAs – and 147th out of 150 in the country LEAs – based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least five A*–C grades at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) including maths and English (38.6 per cent compared with the national average of 50.7 per cent). The LEA also had the highest occurrence of absences, with 11.11 per cent of "half day sessions missed by pupils", above the national average of 5.8 per cent. Of the schools in the LEA with 30 or more pupils, four had 90 per cent or more pupils achieving at least five A*–C grades at GCSE including maths and English (

Manchester High School for Girls Manchester High School for Girls is an English independent day school for girls and a member of the Girls School Association. It is situated in Fallowfield, Manchester. The head mistress is Helen Jeys who took up the position in September 2020 ...

, St Bede's College, Manchester Islamic High School for Girls, and The King David High School) while three managed 25 per cent or below (

Plant Hill Arts College Plant Hill Arts College (formally Plant Hill High School) was an 11-16 community school, serving boys and girls predominantly from the suburb of Blackley, Manchester. The school had approximately 820 pupils on roll before it was replaced by th ...

, North Manchester High School for Boys, Brookway High School and Sports College).

State-funded schools

Primary schools

*Abbey Hey Primary Academy, Gorton *Abbott Community Primary School, Collyhurst *

Abraham Moss Community School Abraham Moss Community School is a mixed all-through school located on a site situated on Crescent Road in the Crumpsall/Cheetham Hill district of North Manchester adjacent to the Abraham Moss Metrolink station. The complex also includes a le ...

, Crumpsall *Acacias Community Primary School,

Burnage Burnage is a suburb of the city of Manchester in North West England, about south of Manchester city centre and bisected by the dual carriageway of Kingsway. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the population of the Bur ...

*All Saints CE Primary School, Newton Heath *All Saints Primary School, Gorton *Alma Park Primary School, Levenshulme *Armitage CE Primary School,

Ardwick Ardwick is a district of Manchester in North West England, one mile south east of the city centre. The population of the Ardwick Ward at the 2011 census was 19,250. Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from ...

*Ashbury Meadow Primary School, Beswick *Baguley Hall Primary School, Baguley *Barlow Hall Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *Beaver Road Primary School,

Didsbury Didsbury is a suburban area of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 26,788. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, there are ...

*Benchill Primary School, Wythenshawe *Birchfields Primary School, Fallowfield *Bowker Vale Primary School, Higher Crumpsall *Briscoe Lane Academy, Newton Heath *Broad Oak Primary School,

East Didsbury Didsbury is a suburban area of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 26,788. Within the boundaries of the Historic counti ...

*Brookburn Community School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *Button Lane Primary School, Northern Moor *Cavendish Primary School,

West Didsbury Didsbury is a suburban area of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 26,788. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, there are ...

*Chapel Street Community Primary School, Levenshulme *Charlestown Community Primary School, Blackley *Cheetham CE Community Academy,

Cheetham Hill Cheetham is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England, which in 2011 had a population of 22,562. It lies on the west bank of the River Irk, north of Manchester city centre, close to the boundary with Salford, bounded by Brou ...

*Cheetwood Primary School,

*Chorlton CE Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *Chorlton Park Primary, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *Christ The King RC Primary School, Newton Heath *Claremont Primary School, Moss Side *CE School of The Resurrection, Beswick *Co-op Academy Broadhurst, Moston *Crab Lane Primary School, Higher Blackley *Cravenwood Primary Academy, Crumpsall *Cringle Brook Primary School, Levenshulme *Crossacres Primary Academy, Wythenshawe *Crosslee Community Primary School, Blackley *Crowcroft Park Primary School, Longsight *Crumpsall Lane Primary School, Crumpsall *Didsbury CE Primary School,

*The Divine Mercy RC Primary School, Rusholme *E-ACT Blackley Academy, Blackley *Gorton Primary School, Gorton *Green End Primary School,

*Haveley Hey Community School, Benchill *Heald Place Primary School, Rusholme *Higher Openshaw Community School, Higher Openshaw *Holy Name RC Primary School, Moss Side *Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Blackley *Irk Valley Community School, Lower Crumpsall *King David Primary School, Crumpsall *Ladybarn Primary School, Withington *Lily Lane Primary School, Moston *Longsight Community Primary, Longsight *Manchester Communications Primary Academy, Harpurhey *Manley Park Primary School, Whalley Range *Mauldeth Road Primary School, Withington *Medlock Primary School,

/ Chorlton-on-Medlock *Moston Fields Primary School, Moston *Moston Lane Community Primary School, Moston *Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Blackley *New Islington Free School,

Ancoats Ancoats is an area of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. It is located next to the Northern Quarter, the northern part of Manchester city centre. Historically in Lancashire, Ancoats became a cradle of the Industrial Revolution and has ...

*New Moston Primary School,

New Moston New Moston is a suburb of Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies four and a half miles north east of Manchester city centre, between Moston, Failsworth and Chadderton. New Moston Primary School was founded in 1901. New Mo ...

*Newall Green Primary School, Wythenshawe *Northenden Community School, Northenden *Oasis Academy Aspinal, Gorton *Oasis Academy Harpur Mount, Harpurhey *Oasis Academy Temple,

*Old Hall Drive Academy, Gorton *Old Moat Primary School, Withington *Oswald Road Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *Our Lady's RC Primary School, Whalley Range *Park View Community Primary, Miles Platting *Peel Hall Primary School, Wythenshawe *Pike Fold Primary School, Blackley *Plymouth Grove Primary School, Chorlton-on-Medlock *Rack House Primary School, Northern Moor *Ravensbury Community School, Clayton *Ringway Primary School, Wythenshawe *Rolls Crescent Primary School, Hulme *Rushbrook Primary Academy, Gorton *Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Baguley *Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Gorton *St Agnes CE Primary School, Longsight *St Aidan's RC Primary School, Northern Moor *St Ambrose RC Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *St Andrew's CE Primary School, Levenshulme *St Anne's RC Primary School,

*St Anne's RC Primary School, Crumpsall *St Anthony's RC Primary School, Wythenshawe *St Augustine's CE Primary School, Monsall *St Barnabas CE Primary Academy,

Openshaw Openshaw is a suburb of Manchester, England, about three miles east of the city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, Openshaw was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890. Its name derives from the Old English ''Opinschawe'', which me ...

*St Bernard's RC Primary School,

*St Brigid's RC Primary School, Beswick *St Catherine's RC Primary School,

*St Chad's RC Primary School,

*St Chrysostom's CE Primary School, Chorlton-on-Medlock *St Clare's RC Primary School, Higher Blackley *St Clement's CE Primary School, Higher Openshaw *St Cuthbert's RC Primary School, Withington *St Dunstan's RC Primary School, Moston *St Edmund's RC Primary School, Miles Platting *St Elizabeth's RC Primary School, Wythenshawe *St Francis RC Primary School, Gorton *St James' CE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme *St James' CE Primary School, Gorton *St John Bosco RC Primary School, Blackley *St John's RC Primary School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *St John's CE Primary School, Longsight *St Joseph's RC Primary School, Longsight *St Kentigern's RC Primary School, Fallowfield *St Luke's CE Primary School, Longsight *St Malachy's RC Primary School, Collyhurst *St Margaret Mary's RC Primary School,

*St Margaret's CE Primary School, Whalley Range *St Mary's CE Junior and Infant School, Moss Side *St Mary's CE Primary School, Moston *St Mary's RC Primary School, Levenshulme *St Patrick's RC Primary School, Collyhurst *St Paul's CE Primary School, Withington *St Peter's RC Primary School, Newall Green *St Philip's CE Primary School, Hulme *St Richard's RC Primary School, Longsight *St Wilfrid's CE Junior and Infant School, Newton Heath *St Wilfrid's CE Primary School, Northenden *St Wilfrid's RC Primary School, Hulme *St Willibrord's RC Primary School, Clayton *SS John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Benchill *Sandilands Primary School, Wythenshawe *Saviour CE Primary School, Collyhurst *Seymour Road Academy, Clayton *Stanley Grove Primary Academy, Longsight *Unity Community Primary, Crumpsall /

*Varna Community Primary School,

*Webster Primary School, Moss Side *West Didsbury CE Primary School,

*Wilbraham Primary School, Fallowfield * William Hulme's Grammar School, Whalley Range *The Willows Primary School, Wythenshawe

Secondary schools

, Crumpsall * The Barlow RC High School,

Burnage Academy for Boys Burnage Academy for Boys, formerly known as Burnage High School for Boys, is a secondary school with academy status, located in Burnage, Manchester, England. History Grammar school The school was founded in September 1932 as Burnage High Schoo ...

* Cedar Mount Academy, Gorton * Chorlton High School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *

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, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *

Co-op Academy Belle Vue A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-contro ...

* Co-op Academy Manchester, Higher Blackley * Co-op Academy North Manchester, Blackley *

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Didsbury High School Didsbury is a suburban area of Manchester, England, on the north bank of the River Mersey, south of Manchester city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 26,788. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, there ...

Dixons Brooklands Academy Dixons Brooklands Academy, also known as DBA or DBK, is a mixed-sex secondary school in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England. History In 1957, two separate schools opened, West Wythenshawe Technical High School for Girls and West Wythenshawe Tec ...

, Wythenshawe * The East Manchester Academy, Beswick * Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Crumpsall /

* Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Crumpsall /

* King David High School, Crumpsall *

Levenshulme High School Levenshulme High School for Girls, also known as Levenshulme High School, is a girls' secondary school with Academy (English school), academy status located in the Levenshulme area of Manchester, England. History The school was opened by the Kat ...

, Levenshulme * Loreto High School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy * Manchester Academy, Moss Side *

Manchester Communication Academy Manchester Communication Academy is a secondary school in Harpurhey, Manchester which opened in September 2010 and specialises in communication-related subjects including speaking and listening, languages, drama, media and presentation skills, a ...

, Harpurhey * Manchester Enterprise Academy, Wythenshawe *

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, Levenshulme * Our Lady's RC High School, Higher Blackley * Parrs Wood High School,

* St Matthew's RC High School, Moston * St Paul's RC High School, Newall Green * St Peter's RC High School, Longsight * Trinity CE High School, Hulme *

Whalley Range High School Whalley Range 11–18 High School, also known as Whalley Range High School is a girls' school in Whalley Range, Manchester, England. History The school was founded in 1891 and was bought by the Education Committee of the Corporation in 1908 wh ...

, Whalley Range * William Hulme's Grammar School, Whalley Range *

Wright Robinson College Wright Robinson College is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school in Abbey Hey, Gorton, Manchester, England. The college caters to pupils of all socio-economic and religious backgrounds and was previously a Specialist school, spe ...

, Gorton

Special and alternative schools

*Ashgate Specialist Support Primary School, Wythenshawe *The Birches School,

*Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit, Withington *Camberwell Park Specialist Support School, Moston *Grange School, Gorton *Lancasterian School,

*Manchester Hospital School, Chorlton-on-Medlock *Manchester Secondary PRU, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *Meade Hill School, Higher Blackley *Melland High School, Gorton *North Ridge High School, Blackley *

Pioneer House High School Pioneer House High School is a coeducational special school located in the Northern Moor area of Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshir ...

, Northern Moor *Piper Hill High School, Newall Green *Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School, Gorton *Rodney House School, Longsight *Southern Cross School, Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Further education

* Co-operative College, Manchester *

Connell Sixth Form College Connell Co-op College is a Sixth Form College in the Beswick Hub development, Manchester. Run by the Co-op Academies Trust and formerly the Bright Futures Educational Trust (BFET) the college is located on the Etihad Campus training ground built ...

, Beswick * Loreto College, Hulme *

Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music education ...

, Chorlton-on-Medlock * The Manchester College,

/ Spinningfields / Harpurhey /

/ Northenden / Wythenshawe *

Xaverian College Xaverian College is a Roman Catholic college in Manchester, England, south of the city centre in Rusholme. Established in 1862, Xaverian College has become one of the most oversubscribed Sixth form college in Greater Manchester, along with Lore ...

, Rusholme

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

*Manchester Muslim Preparatory School, Withington *Moor Allerton Preparatory School,

Senior and all-through schools

*Abbey College, Manchester city centre * Chetham's School of Music, Manchester city centre *Etz Chaim Boys School, Crumpsall *Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys, Chorlton-cum-Hardy *King of Kings School, Manchester city centre * Manchester Grammar School, Rusholme *

, Fallowfield *Manchester Islamic High School for Girls, Chorlton-cum-Hardy * St Bede's College, Whalley Range *Sol Christian Academy,

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*TLG Manchester, Harpurhey *

Withington Girls' School Withington Girls' School is an independent day school in Fallowfield, Manchester, United Kingdom, providing education for girls between the ages of seven and eighteen. Withington is a member of the Girls' Schools Association and the Headmasters' ...

, Fallowfield

Special and alternative schools

*The Greens ENS, Newton Heath *Harpurhey Alternative Provision School, Harpurhey *IncludED, Whalley Range *Manchester Jewish School for Special Education,

*Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy, Levenshulme *Manchester Young Lives, Wythenshawe *Music Stuff,

*Progress Schools, Gorton *TLG Manchester, Harpurhey

Further education

*Communicate School, Manchester

References

Manchester City Council Schoolfinder

Ofsted
( Office for Standards in Education)
Schools in Manchester
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