UK Schools
The Barlow RC High School
The Barlow RC High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Manchester, Manchester City Council, teaching 930 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in June 2024 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 49.8 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Barlow RC High School.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Barlow RC High School.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Day Monday, 1st September 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Starts Tuesday, 2nd September 2025 Term
- Last Day of Half Term 1 Friday, 17th October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Half Term Holidays Monday, 20th October 2025 to Friday, 31st October 2025 Holiday
- Term 2 Starts Monday, 3rd November 2025 Term
- Last Day of Autumn Term Friday, 19th December 2025 Term
- Christmas Holidays Monday, 22nd December 2025 to Friday, 2nd January 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Starts Monday, 5th January 2026 Term
- Last Day of Half Term 3 Thursday, 12th February 2026 Holiday
- MANCEP (Staff Training Day) Friday, 13th February 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Holidays Monday, 16th February 2026 to Friday, 20th February 2026 Holiday
- Term 4 Starts Monday, 23rd February 2026 Term
- Last Day of Spring Term Thursday, 2nd April 2026 Term
- Easter Holidays Friday, 3rd April 2026 to Friday, 17th April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Starts Monday, 20th April 2026 Term
- Bank Holiday (Early May Bank Holiday) Monday, 4th May 2026 Holiday
- Last Day of Half Term 5 Friday, 22nd May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holidays Monday, 25th May 2026 to Friday, 29th May 2026 Holiday
- Term 6 Starts Monday, 1st June 2026 Term
- Last Day of School Year Wednesday, 22nd July 2026 Event
- Summer Holidays Thursday, 23rd July 2026 to Early September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Barlow RC High School with Manchester City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 49.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Manchester City Council England
Attendance 21.7% 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 The Barlow 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 The Barlow 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.