St Mary's Catholic High School is a secondary school located in Manchester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 03/04/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Manchester Road, Manchester, M29 7EE
Website: http://stmaryschs.org.uk/
Telephone: 01942884144
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wigan
Headteacher / Principal: Andrew Dawson
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 106538

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 03/04/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1599
Number of Pupils: 1561
Number of Boys: 797
Number of Girls: 764

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.27 Confidence interval -0.44 to -0.11
Of the 238 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 235 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:32%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:44%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.2
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Ambrose Barlow Catholic Primary School
Manchester Road , Astley M29 7DY 		4out of 4 412 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Manchester Road , Astley M29 7BT 		3out of 4 959 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Tyldesley Primary School
Ennerdale Road , Astley Tyldesley M29 7PY 		4out of 4 1,746 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School
Queensway , Higher Folds WN7 2XG 		3out of 4 2,034 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and Nursery
Darlington Street , Tyldesley M29 8DH 		3out of 4 2,416 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Catholic High School
Manchester Road , Astley M29 7EE 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Bedford High School
Manchester Road , WN7 2LU 		3out of 4 1,889 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Fred Longworth High School
Printshop Lane , Tyldesley M29 8JN 		3out of 4 2,481 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Cambian Tyldesley School
Shuttle Street , Tyldesley M29 8BS 		- not rated 2,448 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
Progress Schools - Lilford Centre
The Lilford Centre , Lancaster Avenue M29 8LN 		- not rated 3,118 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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