# Pioneer House High School

Pioneer House High School is a special school in Manchester, for pupils aged 11 to 19.

It had 170 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E142893. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Free schools special
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 170
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 142893

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 22 January 2025
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).


### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 44.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 62.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 26 | – | – |

Pioneer House High School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
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.

- [Rack House Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rack-house-primary-school-e105448): 310 m. Primary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-aidans-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151028): 400 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), October 2023, before the school changed
- [Button Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/button-lane-primary-school-e131938): 710 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Northenden Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northenden-community-school-e152025): 1.3 km. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [Worthington Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/worthington-primary-school-e106300): 1.4 km. Primary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oakbrook School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakbrook-school-e152246): 1.4 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file

## 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/142893)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/142893)

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/pioneer-house-high-school-e142893