Piper Hill High School
Firbank Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2YS
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Louise Lynn
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Prospere Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 285
- URN
- 141805
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614363009
About this school
Piper Hill High School is a special academy in Manchester. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 285 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 27 September 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 21 | 34 | 37 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Piper Hill 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 260 |
| 2023/24 | 278 |
| 2024/25 | 281 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 62.78%
- English as an additional language
- 32.7%
- Overall absence
- 12.09%
- Persistent absence
- 34.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southern Cross School1.2 miles
Academies · Manchester
-
Ashgate Specialist Support Primary School1.3 miles
Special schools · Manchester
-
Oakbrook School1.6 miles
Special schools · Manchester
-
The Watkin Centre1.7 miles
Special schools · Manchester
-
St Ambrose Prep School1.9 miles
Independent schools · Cheshire
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 year groups does Piper Hill High School teach?
- Piper Hill High School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Piper Hill High School?
- The headteacher of Piper Hill High School is Louise Lynn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Piper Hill High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Piper Hill High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Piper Hill High School?
- Piper Hill High School has 285 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Piper Hill High School full?
- Piper Hill High School has capacity for 240 pupils and 285 on roll (119%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Piper Hill High School a faith school?
- No. Piper Hill High School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Piper Hill High School?
- Piper Hill High School is part of PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Piper Hill High School have?
- The schools register lists Piper Hill High School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Piper Hill High School's absence rate?
- Piper Hill High School's overall absence rate is 12.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Piper Hill High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Piper Hill 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 2 July 2026.