Piper Hill High School

State-Funded School

piper-hill-high-school-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Wythenshawe and Sale EastConstituency

M23 2YSPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Piper Hill 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 285 pupils. Piper Hill High School is part of PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

44%

Asian

21%

Black

13%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

285

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

64%

England average

27%

First language not English

36%

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: 285
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.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 27 September 2023. 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
30 Apr 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.