Saint Paul's Catholic High School, Manchester

In its own words: "Saint Paul’s Catholic High School is a Voluntary Academy in the Diocese of Shrewsbury for boys and girls aged 11-16. Staff and students work together to create a vibrant and caring Christian community, focused on excellent teaching and learning together with high aspirations for what we can be and become."

In 2026, pupils at Saint Paul's Catholic High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Manchester and 47 across England.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Manchester and 47% in England.

That is up from 33.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.89: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.9, against 43.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 300 families put Saint Paul's Catholic High School as their first choice and 548 named it as one of their preferences, for 165 places offered. That is 1.8 first choices for every place. 143 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Saint Paul's Catholic High School are Manchester Enterprise Academy (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33); Dixons Newall Green Academy (0.4 miles); Dixons Brooklands Academy (1.4 miles, Attainment 8 39.9); and Altrincham College (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47).

Saint Paul's Catholic High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Saint Paul's Catholic High School is one of 15 schools run by Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 173 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 70% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 45% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

53.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 200 pupils (21.4%) received SEN support and 104 (11.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Saint Paul's Catholic High School has a resourced provision: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Martinscroft (Manchester Metrolink), about 770 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Paul's High School (in), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Saint Paul's Catholic High School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Saint Paul's Catholic High School issued 197 suspensions, 20.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Saint Paul's Catholic High School are St Peter's Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles), Newall Green Primary School (0.2 miles), Haveley Hey Community School (0.6 miles) and Benchill Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.