Fred Longworth High School

Fred Longworth High School continues to be a good school. It offers a supportive and welcoming environment where pupils thrive academically and socially. The school places high importance on mental health and well-being, ensuring pupils feel safe and valued. With a focus on inclusivity, especially for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), the staff helps students prepare well for their future endeavors through a variety of extracurricular activities and a broad curriculum. Despite these strengths, there are occasional gaps in the effectiveness of teaching methods which affect how well some pupils retain knowledge.

Strengths

• Supportive and welcoming community for all pupils.
• High aspirations for students, including those with SEND.
• Effective promotion of mental health and well-being.
• Broad and enriched curriculum that meets national standards.
• Strong relationships between pupils and teachers.
• Encouragement of reading and extracurricular involvement.
• Calm and orderly atmosphere in lessons.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not always choose appropriate activities to enhance learning.
• A few pupils struggle to remember prior knowledge due to ineffective teaching methods.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Fred Longworth High School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 7.2% of pupils at Fred Longworth High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 6 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Fred Longworth High School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.8% of pupils at Fred Longworth High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Fred Longworth High School received £7,453 and spent £7,462 for each of its 1,289 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £611,000 (£474 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Fred Longworth High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Fred Longworth High School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Fred Longworth High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fred Longworth High School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Fred Longworth High School have?

Fred Longworth High School has 1,283 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fred Longworth High School cover?

Fred Longworth High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Fred Longworth High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.9, and 50% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Fred Longworth High School?

Fred Longworth High School is at Printshop Lane, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 8JN.