Co-op Academy Manchester
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M9 0WQ
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Our Lady's RC High School
Alworth Road, Higher Blackley, Manchester, M9 0RP
Local ranking9th of 32 secondary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 11 November 2025. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 202
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1050
- Boys
- 519 (50%)
- Girls
- 527 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 16.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.6%
- EAL
- 57.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.9%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,850/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 31.2%
- White British: 28.4%
- Black Other: 10.1%
- White Other: 9.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
31.2%
Black African
28.4%
White British
10.1%
Black Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Alworth Road
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 105576
- UKPRN
- 10016882
- Establishment No.
- 4761
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