Secondary
Loreto High School Chorlton
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7SW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 742 of 750 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 85.4
- Pupils per adult
- 8.9
- Pupils
- 764
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
48%
4 points above the Manchester average (44% across 60 schools)
46.6
0.2 below the Manchester average (46.8 across 60 schools)
50th of 60 by our score, among the secondary schools in Manchester we can score - 78 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 |
| Entered the EBacc | 30% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50% |
| 22/23 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.38 |
| 22/23 | -0.72 |
| 23/24 | -0.07 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.5 |
| 22/23 | 42.1 |
| 23/24 | 46.2 |
| 24/25 | 46.6 |
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7SW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Manchester admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Acting Headteacher
- Catherine Hughes
- Address
- Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7SW
- Telephone
- 01618819448