Ellesmere Park High School

Ellesmere Park High School is performing well overall, rated as 'Good' in all observed areas including quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The school fosters a vibrant and inclusive environment where students feel safe and valued, actively participating in various extracurricular activities and developing positive relationships. Leaders have high expectations for their students, ensuring that those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive the same ambitious curriculum as their peers, contributing to strong outcomes for all learners. Despite the overall positive context, the inspection highlighted some areas for improvement, particularly in the clarity of the curriculum across a few subjects. While many pupils are achieving well in their learning, a lack of definition regarding key knowledge in certain subjects has led to gaps in understanding for some students. The school is taking steps to address these issues to ensure consistency in curriculum delivery and assessment strategies across all subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending the school and demonstrate a high level of pride in their community.
• Leaders maintain high expectations for pupils' learning and behavior.
• Students with SEND achieve well alongside their peers.
• The school offers a wide range of extracurricular activities that engage students.
• Leaders effectively identify and support pupils who are struggling with reading.
• A comprehensive personal development program is in place, promoting awareness of modern society.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, the curriculum lacks clarity on the most important knowledge for pupils.
• Some teachers do not have a secure understanding of how well pupils are learning the curriculum.

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 Ellesmere Park High School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.8% 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, 10.0% of pupils at Ellesmere Park High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 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 Ellesmere Park High School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.0% 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, 31.7% of pupils at Ellesmere Park High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 29 pupils.

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 Ellesmere Park High School received £8,748 and spent £8,801 for each of its 801 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £522,000 (£651 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Consilium Academies, income was £9,167 and spending £9,138 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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Ellesmere Park High School is part of Consilium Academies, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Moorside High School Manchester
• Armthorpe Academy Doncaster
• Wyvern Academy Darlington
• Washington Academy Washington
• Thornhill Academy Sunderland
• Heworth Grange School Gateshead

What is Ellesmere Park High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ellesmere Park High School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Ellesmere Park High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ellesmere Park High School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Ellesmere Park High School have?

Ellesmere Park High School has 818 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ellesmere Park High School cover?

Ellesmere Park High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Ellesmere Park High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.9, and 50% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Ellesmere Park High School?

Ellesmere Park High School is at Wentworth Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9BP.