Philips High School
Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PH
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Philips High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms T J Owen
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 880
- Pupils on roll
- 887
- URN
- 105360
- Local authority
- Bury
About this school
Philips High School was a community secondary school in Manchester. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 887 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Philips High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 166 | 165 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.3 | 47.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.38 -0.60 to -0.16 | +0.01 -0.21 to +0.23 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 45.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 66.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 60% | 61.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 4.4 |
Trends over time
How Philips High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bury average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.3 | 40.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.4 | 38.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 882 |
| 2023/24 | 887 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Philips High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 17% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.2% | 37.9% | 887 | — |
| Philips High School | 50.3 | 8.1% | 38.8% | 868 | 0.0 miles |
| The Heys School | 34 | 13.5% | 47.8% | 546 | 1.2 miles |
| Parrenthorn High School | — | — | — | 1,025 | 1.5 miles |
| Star Radcliffe Academy | — | 7% | 45.6% | 286 | 1.6 miles |
| Unsworth Academy | 45.4 | 7.7% | 31% | 953 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.9%
- English as an additional language
- 17.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.2%
- Persistent absence
- 25.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Philips High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
The Heys School1.2 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Parrenthorn High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Star Radcliffe Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Radcliffe
-
Unsworth Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Bury
Other schools in Manchester
- Audenshaw School Secondary
- Broadoak School Secondary
- Burnage Academy for Boys Secondary
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School Secondary
- Chorlton High School Secondary
- CHS South Secondary
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue Secondary
- Co-op Academy Failsworth Secondary
- Co-op Academy Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy North Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy Swinton Secondary
- Co-op Academy Walkden Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Philips High School teach?
- Philips High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Manchester.
- Has Philips High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Philips High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Philips High School?
- Philips High School had 887 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Philips High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.3 in 2022/23 and 47.4 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Philips High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Philips High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 28 October 2024.