Saint Paul's Catholic High School
About the school
Saint Paul's Catholic High School is an open secondary school in Manchester.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 14 June 2022
- Published
- 21 September 2022
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 33.3
- Manchester
- 44.8
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Manchester
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 25.70%
- Manchester
- 41.30%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 46.70%
- Manchester
- 61.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 15.00%
- Manchester
- 46.70%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.61
- Manchester
- 4.01
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
952
Girls
51.89%
Boys
48.11%
SEN support
19.22%
Education, health and care plan
12.08%
English as an additional language
21.10%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
56.20%
Overall absence
9.85
Persistent absence
27.69
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
186
Sustained education or employment
87%
Education
82%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
12%