St Matthew's RC High School
Nuthurst Road, Manchester, M40 0EW
1,327 pupils · 98% of 1,350 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Free school meals
- 59.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 15 October 2024, published 5 December 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 37.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 25.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 47.5% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 17.6% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.76 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 223 | 170 | 418 | 201 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 236 | 157 | 382 | 182 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 175 | 115 | 362 | 133 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 178 | 139 | 368 | 153 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 159 | 152 | 298 | 159 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Co-op Academy North Manchester 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Co-op Academy Failsworth 2.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 2.7 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Oasis Academy Oldham 3.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Co-op Academy Manchester 3.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Dixons Middleton Academy 3.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.