Didsbury High School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Manchester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.999 miles
Published by Manchester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Didsbury High School is a secondary school in Manchester for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Manchester and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Didsbury 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 | 0.999 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 365 first-choice applications for 207 offers: 198 offers went to first-choice families and 167 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.999 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 7 Manchester secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 61% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Manchester.
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
- 4 The Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2ET
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,220 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from the school’s aspirational approach to their education.”
- “The school prioritises pupils’ academic excellence and their personal development.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), experience an exceptional curriculum that enables them to learn and to achieve exceedingly well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2024 (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) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
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: 365 first-preference applications, 207 offers in total, 198 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.
- Loreto High School Chorlton 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- CHS South 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Chorlton High School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whalley Range 11-18 High School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Barlow RC High School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnage Academy for Boys 1.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Parrs Wood High School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Manchester Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published