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Manchester High School for Girls

Girls · ages 3–18 · with sixth form · selective (grammar)Manchester, North West · Manchester M14 6HSSchool website
Pupils on roll
913of 1,110 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
117
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Manchester High School for Girls’ Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Drama is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

A level grades average A-, well above the England average of B-; 41% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology.

Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 66% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolManchesterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)73.744.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths93%41%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths97%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects62%47%41%
EBacc average point score6.824.014.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort52%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language44%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 Language11497%89%66%20%100%
English Literature11397%86%75%21%100%
Mathematics11397%88%79%22%100%
Physics8169%23%74%46%99%
Biology7867%23%78%45%100%
Chemistry7766%23%81%47%100%
Geography5648%41%89%25%100%
Spanish5244%19%75%27%100%
History3732%41%92%26%100%
Drama3631%7%94%27%100%
Computer Science3227%13%63%30%100%
Religious Studies3126%31%87%32%100%
Combined Science3126%65%71%9%100%
French2521%18%80%29%100%
Latin2219%1%82%74%100%
Fine Art1412%9%50%28%93%
Physical Education1412%11%93%24%100%
Graphic Communication1210%1%92%23%100%
Dance1210%1%75%27%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition119%8%64%21%100%
German109%5%80%33%100%
Music76%5%100%33%100%
Chinese54%1%75%
Punjabi11%0%48%
Italian11%0%53%
Arabic11%1%47%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group22%
Music performance: Group11%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolManchesterEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study172
— of whom A level students853,492261,341
Average A level gradeA-B-B-
Average points per A level entry46.1036.4435.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsA-B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects41%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Chemistry3845%17%
Mathematics3541%31%
Biology3035%20%
Economics2732%13%
Psychology2024%23%
History1315%13%
Geography1012%10%
English Literature911%11%
Further Mathematics89%5%
French89%1%
Physics89%12%
Politics67%6%
Spanish67%2%
Computer Science67%5%
Chinese0%
Fine Art3%
Classical Civilisation1%
Drama2%
English Language4%
Religious Studies4%
German0%
Latin0%
Music0%
Physical Education3%
Graphic Communication2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)2428%

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.