St Peter's RC High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2022 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
131880
Address
Kirkmanshulme Lane, M12 4WB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1035 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
29%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.7%
Persistent absence
15.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
African 25.2%
Other Black 20.9%
White British 16.5%
Mixed 7.9%
Pakistani 7%
Other Asian 5.1%
Unclassified 4.1%
Other White 3.5%
Other 2.3%
Indian 2.1%
Chinese 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Caribbean 1.2%
Irish 0.8%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.3
Local authority average 44.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.15
Local authority average 4
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award14
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award31
TourismTechnical Award8
Art & DesignGCSE31
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE22
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Peter's RC High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
227
2nd preference
210
3rd preference
205
From another Local Authority
27
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
113
87
Year 8
199
100
99
Year 9
207
114
93
Year 10
212
111
101
Year 11
217
112
105
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.3%
85.5%
Further education
24.0%
39.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
4.0%
15.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
62.0%
31.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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