Orchard House Specialist High School
Special / other · Manchester · M40 8EZ
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Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
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48 pupils · 32% of 150 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools special
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 64.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- www.orchardhouse.school
- URN
- 151726
In figures
In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England. It had 48 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.
GCSE results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means National averages are not shown here. The England figures are dominated by mainstream schools, and pupils at a special school are working towards outcomes those measures were not designed to capture, so the comparison would mislead more than it tells you.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Black African 25% (Manchester 10%, England 5%) · White British 21% (Manchester 40%, England 66%) · Asian Pakistani 15% (Manchester 13%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 8% (Manchester 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Manchester 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 6% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Manchester 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Manchester 3%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Manchester 1%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Manchester 6%, England 3%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,113; 28.6% 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)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 22.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 25.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 28% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 26.9% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 56.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 16.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 3.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 35% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 11.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 46.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005129 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £280,000163 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £201,000–£370,000the 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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 23an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 8an 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