Southern Cross School
Special / other · Manchester · M22 4AB
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 27 September 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
165 pupils · 98% of 169 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 9–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 78.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151407
In figures
An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 27 September 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 42% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 81% (Manchester 40%, England 66%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Manchester 4%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Manchester 10%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Manchester 5%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Manchester 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Manchester 4%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Manchester 3%, England 4%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, special schools: 12.32 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Manchester: 1.22 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 4.27% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,322; 26.3% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 36.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 20% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 36.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 18.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 77.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 11.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 11.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 22.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 12.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 29.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 18.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005269 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £272,000300 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £200,000–£353,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 29an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 6an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted