CHS South
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M21 7SX
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Chorlton High School
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7SL
Local ranking10th of 32 secondary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1530
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 18 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
- 54.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 65.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 295
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1529
- Boys
- 841 (55%)
- Girls
- 691 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1530 (100% full)
- SEND
- 25.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.7%
- EAL
- 29.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 20.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,999/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
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 49.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.1%
- Black African: 7.8%
- Other: 5.8%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Mixed Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
49.0%
White British
11.1%
Asian Pakistani
7.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Nell Lane
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 139148
- UKPRN
- 10039993
- Establishment No.
- 4281
- Trust
- PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST
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