UK Schools
CHS South
CHS South is a mixed secondary free school in Manchester, Manchester City Council, teaching 1,177 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in January 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.3 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for CHS South.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for CHS South.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- First day of Autumn Term 3rd Sep 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term 27th Oct 2025 - 31st Oct 2025 Holiday
- Last day of Autumn Term 19th Dec 2025 Term
- Winter Holidays 22nd Dec 2025 - 2nd Jan 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day (School closed to students) 1st Sep 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day (School closed to students) 2nd Sep 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day (School closed to students) 21st Nov 2025 Inset Day
- First day of Spring Term 6th Jan 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term 16th Feb 2026 - 20th Feb 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Spring Term 2nd Apr 2026 Term
- Easter/Spring Holidays 3rd Apr 2026 - 17th Apr 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day (School closed to students) 5th Jan 2026 Inset Day
- First day of Summer Term 20th Apr 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term 25th May 2026 - 29th May 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Summer Term 17th Jul 2026 Term
- Summer Holidays 20th Jul 2026 - 31st Aug 2026 Holiday
- May Day Bank Holiday 4th May 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day (School closed to students) 26th Jun 2026 Inset Day
- INSET Day (Disaggregated - School closed to students) 20th Jul 2026 Inset Day
- INSET Day (Disaggregated - School closed to students) 21st Jul 2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day 1st Jan 2026 Event
- Good Friday (variable date) 3rd Apr 2026 Event
- Easter Monday (variable date) 6th Apr 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May) 4th May 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May) 25th May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August) 31st Aug 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day 25th Dec 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day 26th Dec 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare CHS South with Manchester City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Manchester City Council England
Attendance 17% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Manchester City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Manchester City Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for CHS South. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to CHS South than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.