Loreto High School Chorlton
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D48
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M21 7SW
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Didsbury High School
4 The Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2ET
Local ranking5th of 32 secondary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 30 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 57.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 209
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
29
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.2% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 108
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1181
- Boys
- 624 (51%)
- Girls
- 596 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (90% full)
- SEND
- 22.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 40.4%
- EAL
- 33.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 17.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,721/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
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 37.9%
- Other: 12.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.3%
- Mixed Other: 6.2%
- White Other: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.7%
- Asian Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.5%
37.9%
White British
12.2%
Other
11.3%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
4 The Avenue
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 143729
- UKPRN
- 10083790
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- THE LAURUS TRUST
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