# Didsbury High School

Didsbury 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.

Secondary school. Code E143729. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,220
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 143729

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Birches School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-birches-school-e105613): 390 m. Special. Good (overall), May 2024
- [Lancasterian School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lancasterian-school-e105608): 560 m. Special. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [Cavendish Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cavendish-primary-school-e152024): 580 m. Primary. Standards maintained, March 2025
- [Manchester Muslim Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manchester-muslim-preparatory-school-e105598): 870 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Loreto High School Chorlton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/loreto-high-school-chorlton-e105574): 880 m. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Ambrose RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-ambrose-rc-primary-school-e105520): 950 m. Primary. School remains Good, April 2023. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/143729)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/143729)

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