UK Schools
Loreto High School Chorlton
Loreto High School Chorlton is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Manchester, Manchester City Council, teaching 742 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in May 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 46.6 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Loreto High School Chorlton.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Loreto High School Chorlton.
- 3 Students Start (Autumn Term begins)
- 24 Students Finish (Autumn Half Term begins)
- 3 Students Start (Autumn Half Term ends)
- 19 Students Finish (End of Autumn Term)
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday (Two-week break between Autumn and Spring Terms)
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday (Two-week break between Autumn and Spring Terms)
- 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 6 Students Start (Spring Term begins)
- 12 Students Finish (Spring Half Term begins)
- 23 Students Start (Spring Half Term ends)
- 2 Students Finish (End of Spring Term)
- 3–19 Easter Holiday (Two-week break between Spring and Summer Terms)
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 20 Students Start (Summer Term begins)
- 4 Bank Holiday (School Closed)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May)
- 22 Students Finish (Summer Half Term begins)
- 25 Bank Holiday (School Closed)
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May)
- 1 Students Start (Summer Half Term ends)
- 17 Students Finish (End of Summer Term)
- 18–31 Summer Holiday (Six-week break between academic years)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (Six-week break between academic years)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August)
- 1 Summer Holiday (Six-week break between academic years)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Students Start (Autumn Term begins) September 3, 2025 Term
- Students Finish (Autumn Half Term begins) October 24, 2025 Holiday
- Students Start (Autumn Half Term ends) November 3, 2025 Holiday
- Students Finish (End of Autumn Term) December 19, 2025 Term
- Students Start (Spring Term begins) January 6, 2026 Term
- Students Finish (Spring Half Term begins) February 12, 2026 Holiday
- Students Start (Spring Half Term ends) February 23, 2026 Holiday
- Students Finish (End of Spring Term) April 2, 2026 Term
- Students Start (Summer Term begins) April 20, 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday (School Closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Students Finish (Summer Half Term begins) May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday (School Closed) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Students Start (Summer Half Term ends) June 1, 2026 Holiday
- Students Finish (End of Summer Term) July 17, 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday (Two-week break between Autumn and Spring Terms) December 20, 2025 - January 4, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday (Two-week break between Spring and Summer Terms) April 3, 2026 - April 19, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday (Six-week break between academic years) July 18, 2026 - September 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) January 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) April 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August) August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) December 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Loreto High School Chorlton with Manchester City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 46.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Manchester City Council England
Attendance 28.6% 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 Loreto High School Chorlton. 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 Loreto High School Chorlton 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.