North Ridge High School

State-Funded School

north-ridge-high-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Blackley and Middleton SouthConstituency

M9 0RPPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

North Ridge 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 207 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

38%

Asian

24%

Black

10%

Mixed

18%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

207

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

71%

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

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: 207
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

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 May 2014	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.