St Peter's RC High School

About St Peter's RC High School

St Peter’s RC High School sits within the Manchester local authority, where it ranks 8th out of 31 secondary schools on Progress 8, placing it in the top quarter of the city. The three highest-performing peers in the same LA are Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, and Levenshulme High School, all of which post stronger Progress 8 scores. Still, St Peter’s stands out as a Roman Catholic state school for 11 to 16 year olds, with a headteacher in S Gabriel and a capacity of 1,000 pupils that it currently exceeds, with 1,035 on roll. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in 2022, confirmed the school remains Good, following a graded inspection in 2013 that also rated it Good overall, with Good leadership and management. That represents a shift from its previous Outstanding rating in 2009, but the school continues to serve a notably diverse intake, with 46.7 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Academically, St Peter’s delivers results that are well above average. Its Progress 8 score of 0.57 is significantly higher than the Manchester LA average of 0.18, and ranks it 39th out of 445 secondary schools in the North West region and 406th nationally. Pupils achieve an Attainment 8 score of 51.6, and 75.6 per cent secure a grade 4 or above in English and maths, dropping to 51.2 per cent at grade 5 or above. The EBacc average point score sits at 4.52, with 45.4 per cent of pupils entering the EBacc combination and 30.2 per cent achieving a grade 4 or above across those subjects. Progress in English is 0.41, in maths 0.51, and in the EBacc subjects 0.55, all comfortably positive. The school’s Progress 8 banding is rated well above average, and its confidence interval ranges from 0.37 to 0.78, indicating consistent strong performance across the cohort.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 795 applications for 184 places, with 227 first-preference applications and 153 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 4.32. Facilities include a swimming pool, astro turf, sports hall, theatre, music rooms, and a chapel, and the school offers a wide range of sports from rowing to gymnastics and rugby. Clubs extend beyond the academic with orchestra, coding, debate, Model UN, and Young Enterprise. SEND provision covers moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication, physical disability, and a resourced provision. There is no sixth form or nursery, so families will need to plan for post-16 options elsewhere. This is a school that suits families seeking strong academic progress in a faith-based setting, with a broad extracurricular offer and a clear track record of adding value above the local average.

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