St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy, Manchester

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

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Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1JH

https://www.stmonicas.stoccat.org.uk/

St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has about 1,090 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. Ofsted last inspected the school in January 2025. The present school opened in 2020.

This school is a member of St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust. (Other schools in this trust include St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy, Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy and St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy.)

Particular strengths include Finances, Attainment, Destinations and Attendance. Relative weaknesses include Representation and Environment.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.4		Manchester Mesivta School
0.7		The Heys School
1.1		The King David High School
1.2		Beis Yaakov High School
1.3		Parrenthorn High School
1.6		Abraham Moss Community School
1.8		Co-op Academy Manchester
1.9		Philips High School
2.1		Our Lady's RC High School
2.2		The Albion Academy
2.4		Unsworth Academy
2.5		Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester

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Finances: Excellent. The school budget has been in surplus

Attainment: Above average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Destinations: Above average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is quite high.

Attendance: Above average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite low.

Progress: Above average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress up to age 16 is above average. Destinations at 16 are about average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate is roughly average and the offer rate is quite high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Environment: Below average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are roughly average, while crime is quite high.

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is slightly out of balance with the local community.

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

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