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Orchard House Specialist High School

  • Special
  • Free schools special
  • Ages 11 to 19

URN 151726 · Manchester · PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST

In Manchester

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Ofsted’s file holds no inspection of this school yet. New and recently converted schools often have none.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Key stage 4 results

Against Manchester and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2024/25

Not publishedNot applicable to this school

Not compared with mainstream schools.

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2024/25.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2024/25

Not publishedNot applicable to this school

Not compared with mainstream schools.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2024/25.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2024/25

Not publishedNot applicable to this school

Not compared with mainstream schools.

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Manchester and England, special schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

7.1

Manchester
8.2
England
7.3

0.2 lower than England.

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
48
Capacity
150
Type
Free schools special
Phase
Special
Age range
11 to 19
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST
Opened
1 September 2025
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Manchester Central
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 1 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: 6 Sawley Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M40 8EZ

Website: www.orchardhouse.school

Telephone: 01615679040

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Sources and corrections

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Orchard House Specialist High School, URN 151726. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/151726/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.