Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Voluntary aided school
St Peter's RC High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,013of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 47.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 217
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 30 March 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: St Alban's RC High School (URN 105575); St Vincent De Paul RC High School (URN 105580); St Gregory's RC High School (URN 105582).
What the data says
St Peter's RC High School has no sixth form. Of the 199 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 62% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 62% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.4 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 46% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Peter's RC High School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 199 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 62% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 24% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Peter's RC High School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.4 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 45% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.16 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 51% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.5 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.3 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 33% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 217 | 100% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 217 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 213 | 98% | 31% | 27% | 32% | 67% |
| English Literature | 212 | 98% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 191 | 88% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 63% |
| Geography | 111 | 51% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 50% |
| History | 89 | 41% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 60% |
| Spanish | 54 | 25% | 19% | 20% | 27% | 65% |
| Business Studies | 46 | 21% | 18% | 28% | 20% | 70% |
| French | 41 | 19% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 90% |
| Statistics | 40 | 18% | 5% | 15% | 20% | 68% |
| Art and Design | 31 | 14% | 7% | 16% | 24% | 90% |
| Biology | 25 | 12% | 23% | 48% | 45% | 88% |
| Physics | 24 | 11% | 23% | 50% | 46% | 92% |
| Computer Science | 24 | 11% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 71% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 10% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 100% |
| Textiles | 20 | 9% | 2% | 15% | 27% | 95% |
| Photography | 19 | 9% | 6% | 32% | 19% | 95% |
| Chinese | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Urdu | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 31 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 12 | — | — |
| Tourism | 8 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 6 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Manchester
Burnage Academy for Boys
Academy converter · 1,021 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
Cedar Mount Academy
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2
Chorlton High School
Academy converter · 1,532 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0
CHS South
Free schools · 1,177 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3
Co-op Academy Manchester
Academy sponsor led · 1,554 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
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.