UK Schools
Our Lady's RC High School
Our Lady's RC High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Manchester, Manchester City Council, teaching 1,046 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded achievement as Strong standard at its most recent inspection in November 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 49.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 1 June 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Our Lady's RC High School.
Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Our Lady's RC High School.
- 2 Autumn Term begins for students
- 17 Autumn Term – First Half Ends
- 20–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 Autumn Term – Second Half Begins
- 19 School Closes for Christmas Holidays
- 5 Spring Term Begins
- 12 Spring Term – First Half Ends
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 Spring Term – Second Half Begins
- 2 School Closes for Easter Holidays
- 20 Summer Term Begins
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 22 Summer Term – First Half Ends
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 1 Summer Term – Second Half Begins
- 17 School Closes for Summer Holidays
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term begins for students Sep 2, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term – First Half Ends Oct 17, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 20–Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term – Second Half Begins Nov 3, 2025 Term
- School Closes for Christmas Holidays Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- Spring Term Begins Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Term – First Half Ends Feb 12, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16–Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term – Second Half Begins Feb 23, 2026 Term
- School Closes for Easter Holidays Apr 2, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Begins Apr 20, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term – First Half Ends May 22, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25–May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term – Second Half Begins Jun 1, 2026 Term
- School Closes for Summer Holidays Jul 17, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Our Lady's RC High School with Manchester City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 49.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Manchester City Council England
Attendance 10.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Manchester City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 95% 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 Our Lady's RC High School. 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 Our Lady's RC High School 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.