Community special school

Lancasterian School

Mixed · ages 3–16Manchester, North West · Manchester M20 2XASchool website
Pupils on roll
196of 192 places
Free school meals
69.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
25
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 27 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at Lancasterian School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 20% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

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.

Lancasterian School
Manchester
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureLancasterian SchoolManchesterEngland
Pupils in the cohort106,414607,348
Any sustained destination80%89%92%
Stayed in education80%86%86%
— school sixth form0%15%34%
— sixth form college0%30%13%
— further education college20%39%37%
— other education60%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination10%7%6%
Destination unknown10%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

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.