Chorlton High School
Nell Lane, Manchester, M21 7SL
1,532 pupils · 100% of 1,530 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
Ofsted
Strong standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 18 November 2025, published 21 January 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 54 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 61.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 78.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 70.9% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.02 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 286 | 293 | 914 | 286 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 276 | 302 | 949 | 276 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 285 | 255 | 921 | 285 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 323 | 294 | 962 | 323 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 290 | 243 | 750 | 290 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 293 | 274 | 797 | 293 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 298 | 279 | 811 | 298 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 296 | 242 | 794 | 296 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- CHS South 0.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Loreto High School Chorlton 0.4 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Didsbury High School 1.2 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Whalley Range 11-18 High School 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Stretford Grammar School 2.4 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Stretford High School 3 km · Good (2019) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.