How did the admissions system for secondary schools work last year?

To help you select your preferred schools, it might be Distance from home to school is a significant factor useful to see how places were allocated last year. The when schools are oversubscribed. However, this table below shows how places were offered on offer distance changes from year to year, depending on day (1 March 2011) for Year 7 in September 2011. who applies for which schools.

School/ Number of Number of Breakdown of on time offers Total offers Academy name places Ontime made* preferences

Abraham Moss High School 240 271 All on time applicants offered 197

Burnage Media Arts College 210 209 All on time applicants offered 141

Cedar Mount High School 180 195 All on time applicants offered 94

Chorlton High School 300 692 All on time applicants in 300 Category 1, 2,3,4 to a distance of 2.599 miles

King David High School 115 138 Places offered according to 127 school’s criteria. Contact school for details

Levenshulme High School 200 298 All on time applicants offered 186 for Girls

Loreto High School 150 340 Places offered according to 150 school’s criteria. Contact school for details

Manchester Academy 180 297 All on time applicants offered 180

Manchester Communication 240 433 All on time applicants in 240 Academy category 1, 2,3,4,5 to a distance of 1.159 miles

Manchester Creative and 120 95 All on time applicants offered 34 Media Academy (Boys)

Manchester Creative and 180 197 All on time applicants offered 89 Media Academy (Girls)

Manchester Enterprise 150 148 All on time applicants offered 101 Academy

Manchester Health Academy 120 189 All on time applicants offered 120

Newall Green High School 180 303 All on time applicants offered 163

Our Lady’s R.C. Sports College 150 241 All on time applicants offered 123

10 School/ Number of Number of Breakdown of on time offers Total offers Academy name places Ontime made* preferences

Parrs Wood High School 300 717 All on time applicants in 300 category 1, 2,3,4 to a distance of 2.577 miles

St Matthew’s RC High School 220 438 Places offered according to 220 school’s criteria. Contact school for details

St Paul’s RC High School 180 223 All on time applicants offered 177

St Peter’s RC High School 180 323 All on time applicants offered 180

The Barlow RC High School 180 316 All on time applicants offered 180

The Co-operative Academy 180 162 All on time applicants offered 79 of Manchester

The East Manchester Academy 180 378 All on time applicants in 180 category 1, 2,3,4 to a distance of 2.124 miles

Trinity Church of 240 684 Places offered according to 240 High School school’s criteria. Contact school for details

Whalley Range High School 270 503 All on time applicants offered 220 for Girls

William Hulme’s Grammar 120 998 Places offered according to 120 School Academy school’s criteria. Contact school for details

Wright Robinson 360 566 All on time applicants offered 310 Specialist College

*The total number of offers made includes alternative offers. Alternative offers are made to Manchester children where an offer of one of their preferences cannot be made.

Apply online at www.manchester.gov.uk/admissions by 5pm on 14 October 2011 11