Pioneer House High School

State-Funded School

pioneer-house-high-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Wythenshawe and Sale EastConstituency

M23 0FFPostcode

6.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Pioneer House 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 170 pupils. Pioneer House High School is part of PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.02

Ethnicity

White

68%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

170

Total Pupils

65%Boys

35%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

74%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: 170
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 22 January 2025. 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
4 Jun 2019	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.