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North Ridge High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Community special school
Alworth Road, Blackley, Manchester M9 0RP · northridge.manchester.sch.uk · 0161 553 0200
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Pupils
- 207
- 7 over 200 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 76.2%
- First language not English
- 26.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
GCSE results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | n/a | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | n/a | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | n/a | 64.8% |
| Entered for EBacc | n/a | 40.5% |
| EBacc average points | n/a | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 3.1 | −6.9 |
| Other education | 93.8 | +3.8 |
| Activity not captured | 3.1 | — |
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2017/18
| Further and other education | 94 |
|---|---|
| Further education | 17 |
| Other education | 78 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for North Ridge High School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Apr 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding May 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good