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Schools in Manchester
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys (IND, SEL) 94 85 1055.6 NA
Chethams School of Music (IND, SEL) 96 92 1049.9 295.6
King David High School, The 98 83 1045.9 340.7
Manchester Islamic High School for Girls (IND, SEL) 88 83 1033.7 NA
Whalley Range 11-18 High School and Business and Enterprise College 58 31 1004.5 209
Chorlton High School of Performing Arts 40 30 997 NA
Abraham Moss High School 41 20 996 NA
Newall Green High School 50 15 990.9 NA
Trinity CofE High School 61 43 988.9 NA
Burnage High School 42 31 987.7 NA
Parrs Wood Technology College 55 42 973.6 291.5
Levenshulme High School 35 27 973.6 NA
Wright Robinson Sports College 39 20 970.5 NA
St Matthew's RC High School 51 20 966.6 NA
North Manchester High School for Girls 38 25 962.2 NA
Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College, The 45 35 954 NA
Cedar Mount High School 36 17 950 NA
Plant Hill High School 28 21 944.3 NA
North Manchester High School for Boys 24 15 932 NA
Parklands High School 20 9 926.6 NA
St Paul's Catholic High School 24 16 923.8 NA
Our Lady's RC High School 33 23 922.1 NA
St Peter's RC High School 37 19 915.8 NA
Brookway High School and Sports College 16 8 913.7 NA
St Thomas Aquinas RC High School 31 17 910.3 NA
Manchester Academy 8 6 889.9 NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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