Voluntary aided school

Loreto High School Chorlton

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · Roman CatholicManchester, North West · Manchester M21 7SWSchool website
Pupils on roll
742of 750 places
Free school meals
57.8%
Year 11 cohort 2025
149
Ofsted
Requires improvement, 15 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Loreto High School Chorlton has no sixth form. Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 48% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 48% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.6 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Manchester and England.

Loreto High School Chorlton
Manchester
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureLoreto High School ChorltonManchesterEngland
Pupils in the cohort1476,414607,348
Any sustained destination87%89%92%
Stayed in education82%86%86%
— school sixth form2%15%34%
— sixth form college48%30%13%
— further education college31%39%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%1%3%
Employment3%2%3%
No sustained destination7%7%6%
Destination unknown5%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureLoreto High School ChorltonManchesterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)46.644.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%41%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths70%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects30%47%41%
EBacc average point score4.084.014.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort56%52%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils43.839.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.150.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language44%44%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language149100%89%5%20%61%
Mathematics149100%88%19%22%78%
English Literature14497%86%12%21%79%
Religious Studies14094%31%27%32%71%
Combined Science12483%65%6%9%60%
History6544%41%15%26%66%
Geography5940%41%17%25%75%
French4832%18%23%29%75%
Art and Design3423%7%29%24%79%
Chemistry2114%23%62%47%100%
Physics2114%23%52%46%100%
Biology2114%23%48%45%100%
Computer Science2013%13%25%30%85%
Food Preparation and Nutrition1913%8%11%21%47%
Drama117%7%0%27%45%
Music75%5%14%33%71%
Spanish64%19%33%27%83%
Italian53%0%53%
Media Studies43%4%20%
Citizenship Studies43%3%19%
Polish43%1%84%
Chinese21%1%75%
Arabic21%1%47%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Persian11%0%77%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Personal Health53
Childcare Skills18
Computer Appreciation / Introduction17
Engineering Studies16
Music performance: Group5

Other secondary schools in Manchester

Cedar Mount Academy

Academy sponsor led · 724 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2

CHS South

Free schools · 1,177 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.