Didsbury High School
Secondary schoolDidsbury High School is a secondary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,220 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 30 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Didsbury High School was 57.8, against 45.6 in Manchester and 46.2 in England.
61.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 57.8 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61.7% | 44.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80.4% | 62.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 209 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Birches SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), May 2024390 m
- Lancasterian SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, November 2024560 m
- Cavendish Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025580 m
- Manchester Muslim Preparatory SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file870 m
- Loreto High School ChorltonSecondary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional)880 m
- St Ambrose RC Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, April 2023. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Manchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).