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Schools in the Manchester local authority

Manchester has 220 schools listed on OfferDay across 11 towns.

2 nursery schools · 137 primary schools · 30 secondary schools · 2 all-through schools · 4 sixth forms and colleges · 26 special and alternative provision schools · 15 independent schools · 4 other establishments

About schools in Manchester

Most of the 220 schools listed in Manchester are primary schools. Its 30 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. The area also has two all-through schools, which teach every age from the early years to school-leaving age on one site.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
58%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 130 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
46.4
average Attainment 8 score, across the 31 schools with published results

Top schools in Manchester

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 St Wilfrid's RC Primary School 92%
  2. 2 Brookburn Community School 87%
  3. 3 Oasis Academy Aspinal 86%
  4. 4 Abbey Hey Primary Academy 85%
  5. 5 Chorlton CofE Primary School 82%
  6. 6 Green End Primary School 81%
  7. 7 Rack House Primary School 79%
  8. 8 Didsbury CofE Primary School 79%

Secondary

  1. 1 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester 58.2
  2. 2 Didsbury High School 57.1
  3. 3 The King David High School 55.4
  4. 4 Chorlton High School 54.0
  5. 5 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester 53.1
  6. 6 Levenshulme High School 52.5
  7. 7 Whalley Range 11-18 High School 52.1
  8. 8 William Hulme's Grammar School 51.9

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Manchester.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Manchester

How many schools are in Manchester?
OfferDay lists 220 schools in Manchester, including 137 primary schools and 30 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Manchester?
Every school in Manchester is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Manchester?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Manchester does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Manchester local authority?
OfferDay groups the Manchester schools across eleven towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 25 July 2026.