Loreto High School Chorlton

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
May 16 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Manchester
Unique reference
105574
Address
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, M21 7SW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
764 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
40.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
49.2%
Persistent absence
29.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 22.1%
Mixed 16.4%
African 13.6%
Other 9.3%
Other White 8%
Other Black 7.9%
Caribbean 5.9%
Pakistani 5.4%
Unclassified 3.5%
Indian 2.7%
Other Asian 2.6%
Bangladeshi 1%
Chinese 0.9%
Irish 0.7%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.72
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.1
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.55
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
MathematicsAS level1
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE39
BiologyGCSE15
ChemistryGCSE15
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE137
English LiteratureGCSE138
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Loreto High School Chorlton

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
88
2nd preference
126
3rd preference
130
From another Local Authority
46
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
80
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
156
92
64
Year 8
164
76
88
Year 9
148
78
70
Year 10
154
92
62
Year 11
142
84
58
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
84.4%
85.6%
Further education
21.0%
35.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
2.0%
15.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
64.0%
33.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
9.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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