Manchester Senior Girls School

Ofsted inspection

Ofsted rated this school Requires improvement at the inspection that started on 15 July 2025.

This inspection used Ofsted's older format with four grades: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate. Newer inspections use report cards. What changed.

At its last standard inspection the school did not meet all of the independent school standards, the legal requirements every independent school must meet.

Read the full Ofsted reports for this school

Source: Ofsted non-association independent schools inspection data.

What parents say

13 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey between 4 September 2023 and 2 September 2024.

Parents choose whether to take part, so these answers may not represent all families. Figures are the share who agree or strongly agree. England figures are all parents answering the same questions over the same period, for state-funded schools. The scales run from lower (left) to higher (right) agreement, and the dot marks this school among state schools of the same phase that used the same survey questions. The third it falls in is coloured: green for the top third, amber the middle, red the bottom. This survey used Ofsted's previous Parent View questions, which changed in November 2025. Source: Ofsted Parent View management information.

Results

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Admissions

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Pupils, staff and SEND

Comparisons are with secondary schools. Scales run from lower (left) to higher (right) figures. For absence and suspensions lower is better, so their scales run green to red; blue scales describe the school's pupils and staff and aren't good or bad. * Calculated by SchoolScores from the council's or England's schools, weighted by pupils (or teachers, for turnover); other figures are published by DfE. Sources: DfE school census 2024/25.

Nearby secondary schools

• Bnos Yisroel School Manchester 0.2 miles · Independent · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024)
• Mechinoh School 0.2 miles · Independent · Ofsted: Inadequate (2024)
• OYY Lubavitch Boys School 0.2 miles · Independent
• Tashbar of Manchester 0.2 miles · Independent · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 expected
• The King David High School 0.4 miles · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2023) · 59% grade 5+ English and maths
• Beis Ruchel Girls School 0.4 miles · Independent · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024)
• Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools 0.5 miles · Independent, inspected by ISI
• Etz Chaim Boys School 0.5 miles · Independent · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024)
• Beis Yaakov High School 0.5 miles · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 46% grade 5+ English and maths
• Talmud Torah Chinuch Norim School 0.5 miles · Independent · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024)

Straight-line distance. Distance isn't the same as a catchment area.

Questions parents ask

Sources

• School details: Get Information about Schools (DfE), 26 September 2026. URN 141968.
• Inspections: Ofsted non-association independent schools management information, data to 31 July 2026.
• Parent views: Ofsted Parent View, 4 September 2023 to 2 September 2024.

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