Didsbury High School

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address 4 the Avenue
Didsbury
Manchester
M20 2ET
Phone 01615075600
Reference Number 143729

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1089
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.16%
Girls: 47.84%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 33.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 108 106 214
8 112 97 209
9 110 99 209
10 123 97 220
11 101 107 208
12 14 15 29
13 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 37.4%
Pakistani 10.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 6.4%
Unclassified 6.4%
White, Other 5.1%
Mixed, Other 4.8%
African 3.3%
White & Asian 3.2%
Asian, Other 2.8%
Indian 2.7%
Caribbean 2%
Chinese 1.6%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Irish 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-03-11
Date Description Report
2024-01-30 School inspection: School inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
57.3 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 59.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 77.7% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 319 10
Third Preference 269 1
From another Local Authority 81 2

Previous Years

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Name Distance
The Birches School
Newholme Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2XZ
0.24 miles
Cavendish Primary School
Cavendish Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M20 1JG
0.36 miles
Manchester Muslim Preparatory School
141 Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M20 2PQ
0.54 miles
St Ambrose RC Primary School
Princess Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7QA
0.59 miles
West Didsbury CE Primary School
Central Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M20 4ZA
0.61 miles
Moor Allerton Preparatory School
131 Barlow Moor Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire, M20 2PW
0.65 miles
Old Moat Primary School
Old Moat Lane, Withington, Manchester, M20 3FN
0.69 miles
Barlow Hall Primary School
Darley Avenue, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, M21 7JG
0.74 miles
Chorlton Park Primary
Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7HH
0.84 miles
St Paul's CofE Primary School
St Paul's Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4PG
0.95 miles
St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Bethnall Drive, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 7ED
1.09 miles
St Cuthbert's RC Primary School
Heyscroft Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4UZ
1.15 miles
Didsbury CofE Primary School
Elm Grove, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6RL
1.24 miles
Beaver Road Primary School
Beaver Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6SX
1.24 miles
Wilbraham Primary School
Platt Lane, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 7FB
1.34 miles
Brookburn Community School
Brookburn Road, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 8EH
1.39 miles
Northenden Community School
Bazley Road, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4FL
1.42 miles
St Margaret's CofE Primary School
Withington Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8FQ
1.43 miles
St Catherine's RC Primary School
School Lane, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6HS
1.46 miles
Ladybarn Primary School
Briarfield Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4SR
1.54 miles
Name Distance
Lancasterian School
Elizabeth Slinger Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2XA
0.35 miles
Loreto High School Chorlton
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7SW
0.55 miles
CHS South
451 Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 7SX
0.64 miles
Chorlton High School
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 7SL
0.75 miles
Whalley Range 11-18 High School
Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M16 8GW
0.93 miles
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys
Hartley Hall, Alexandra Road South, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, M16 8NH
1.09 miles
William Hulme's Grammar School
Spring Bridge Road, Manchester, M16 8PR
1.14 miles
Withington Girls' School
Wellington Road, Manchester, M14 6BL
1.22 miles
Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls
141 Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M20 2PQ
1.42 miles
St Bede's College
1.52 miles
The Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College
Parrs Wood Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6BX
1.59 miles
Pioneer House High School
200 Yewtree Lane, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0FF
1.61 miles
Manchester High School for Girls
Grangethorpe Road, Manchester, M14 6HS
1.69 miles
Burnage Academy for Boys
Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1ER
1.87 miles
St John Vianney School
Rye Bank Road, Firswood, Stretford, Manchester, M16 0EX
1.9 miles
Parrs Wood High School
Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 5PG
1.97 miles
Manchester Academy
Moss Lane East, Moss Side, Manchester, M14 4PX
2.07 miles
IncludEd Learning
8 Alexandra Road South, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8ER
2.09 miles
Southern Cross School
Roundwood Road, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4AB
2.12 miles
Xaverian College
Lower Park Road, Manchester, M14 5RB
2.15 miles
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Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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