Melland High School

State-Funded School

melland-high-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Gorton and DentonConstituency

M18 7DTPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Melland High School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Manchester, North West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 256 pupils. Melland High School is part of Bright Futures Educational Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

23%

Asian

35%

Black

21%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

256

Total Pupils

65%Boys

35%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

71%

England average

27%

First language not English

43%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 256
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Bright Futures Educational Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 27 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
21 Mar 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.