School profile
Manchester Hospital School
3rd Floor School, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 9WL
Overview
Manchester Hospital School is a special / send school (community special school) in Manchester, North West, for pupils aged 4–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Community special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 4–16
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Pupils on roll
- 152
- URN
- 105602
Admissions
- Local authority
- Manchester
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 15 July 2025 · Published 14 September 2025
Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)
Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 27 March 2024 · Published 13 May 2024
Outcome: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- 3rd Floor School, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 9WL
- Local authority
- Manchester
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