Meade Hill School
Chain Road, Higher Blackley, Manchester, M9 6GN
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Meade Hill School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Anna Mullan
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Blackley and Middleton South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 176
- Pupils on roll
- 172
- URN
- 105614
- Local authority
- Manchester
About this school
Meade Hill School was a community special school in Manchester. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 172 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Meade Hill School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 60 | 46 | 62 |
| Attainment 8 score | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.00 -2.37 to -1.62 | -2.03 -2.46 to -1.59 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 2% | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% | 6.5% | 3.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Meade Hill 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 | Manchester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4 | 42.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.9 | 44.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 6.8 | 43.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 31.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 172 |
| 2023/24 | 172 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 82.6%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 31.6%
- Persistent absence
- 71.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Meade Hill School0.0 miles
Academies · Manchester
-
North Ridge High School0.1 miles
Special schools · Manchester
-
Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School0.7 miles
Free Schools · Manchester
-
Elizabeth House School1.0 miles
Independent schools
-
Camberwell Park Specialist Support School1.8 miles
Academies · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
- Ashgate Specialist Support Primary School Special schools
- Bridge College Other types
- Bridgelea Pupil Referral Unit Local authority maintained schools
- Camberwell Park Specialist Support School Academies
- Cambian Tyldesley School Special schools
- Changing Lives Special schools
- Cloughside College Special schools
- Delamere School Special schools
- Digital Advantage Other types
- Egerton High School Special schools
- Fairfield House School Special schools
- Grange School Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Meade Hill School teach?
- Meade Hill School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a special school in Manchester.
- Has Meade Hill School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Meade Hill 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 many pupils are at Meade Hill School?
- Meade Hill School had 172 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Meade Hill School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 6.4 in 2022/23 and 6.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Meade Hill School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meade Hill 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 31 December 2024.