Community special school

North Ridge High School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formManchester, North West · Manchester M9 0RPSchool website
Pupils on roll
207of 200 places
Free school meals
76.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
30
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 27 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 30 pupils who finished Year 11 at North Ridge High School in 2023, 0% stayed on in North Ridge High School’s own sixth form (Manchester average 15%), 3% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 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.

North Ridge High School
Manchester
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureNorth Ridge High SchoolManchesterEngland
Pupils in the cohort306,414607,348
Any sustained destination100%89%92%
Stayed in education100%86%86%
— school sixth form0%15%34%
— sixth form college0%30%13%
— further education college3%39%37%
— other education97%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%7%6%
Destination unknown0%4%3%

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

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.