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Saint Paul's Catholic High School: data, trends and context

Saint Paul's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Manchester. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
139456
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Manchester
Region
North West
Trust
CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
M23 2YS
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
933
FSM eligible
53.7%
EAL / First language other than English
18.2%
SEND (total)
32.6%
SEN Support
21.4%
EHCP
11.1%
White British
63.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.2%
Overall absence
9.8%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Severe absence
4.4%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
ManchesterLocal authority92.2%7.8%4.2%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
20.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
9.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.42%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
33.3
English & maths grade 5+
25.7%
English & maths grade 4+
46.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Saint Paul's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Manchester. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.