St Peter's RC High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–16 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Manchester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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St Peter's RC High School is a secondary school in Manchester for ages 11–16 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 March 2022. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
St Peter's RC High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 223 first-choice applications for 187 offers: 1.2 first choices per offer, the 7th highest of 30 Manchester secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026, 165 offers went to first-choice families, 58 first-choice families were not offered a place, and 22 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 47.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Manchester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Kirkmanshulme Lane, M12 4WB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,013 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils feel blessed to be a part of this school.”
- “They appreciate the committed efforts of staff to provide them with the education, opportunities and care that genuinely change their lives.”
- “Pupils feel motivated to get the most out of school each day.”
To improve
- “Even so, leaders are ambitious to build more on pupils' oracy skills to further enhance their ability to articulate their understanding in the subjects they study.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 223 first-preference applications, 187 offers in total, 165 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Manchester.
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dean Trust Ardwick 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cedar Mount Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manchester Enterprise Academy Central 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The East Manchester Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Levenshulme High School 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Wright Robinson College 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manchester Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published