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Chorlton High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,532of 1,530 places
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 299
- Ofsted
- Report card, 18 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Chorlton High School (URN 105569, until 1 January 2013).
What the data says
Chorlton High School has no sixth form. Of the 297 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 53% moved to a sixth form college, 31% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 53% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.0 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 61% 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 | Chorlton High School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 297 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 53% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 31% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Chorlton High School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 54.0 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 71% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.06 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 37% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.0 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 59.9 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 23% | 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 | 297 | 99% | 89% | 30% | 20% | 80% |
| Mathematics | 297 | 99% | 88% | 31% | 22% | 82% |
| English Literature | 289 | 97% | 86% | 29% | 21% | 84% |
| Combined Science | 197 | 66% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 70% |
| History | 168 | 56% | 41% | 53% | 26% | 75% |
| Spanish | 131 | 44% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 54% |
| Geography | 114 | 38% | 41% | 26% | 25% | 68% |
| Biology | 97 | 32% | 23% | 65% | 45% | 98% |
| Chemistry | 95 | 32% | 23% | 63% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 95 | 32% | 23% | 62% | 46% | 100% |
| French | 78 | 26% | 18% | 19% | 29% | 69% |
| Media Studies | 71 | 24% | 4% | 35% | 20% | 79% |
| Drama | 67 | 22% | 7% | 33% | 27% | 81% |
| Statistics | 57 | 19% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| Art and Design | 53 | 18% | 7% | 47% | 24% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 51 | 17% | 18% | 27% | 20% | 78% |
| Religious Studies | 47 | 16% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 91% |
| Computer Science | 47 | 16% | 13% | 30% | 30% | 60% |
| Photography | 38 | 13% | 6% | 21% | 19% | 95% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 36 | 12% | 8% | 56% | 21% | 83% |
| Physical Education | 33 | 11% | 11% | 33% | 24% | 94% |
| Dance | 25 | 8% | 1% | 28% | 27% | 88% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 7% | 11% | 40% | 23% | 75% |
| 3D Design | 17 | 6% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 65% |
| Music | 15 | 5% | 5% | 53% | 33% | 87% |
| Urdu | 10 | 3% | 1% | 20% | 42% | 70% |
| Arabic | 9 | 3% | 1% | 89% | 47% | 100% |
| Polish | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Persian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 43 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 1 | — | — |
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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.