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Levenshulme High School

Academy sponsor led in Manchester, M19 1FS, taking ages 11 to 16, girls, 1,057 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Jul 2022
1.62 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
96% Full
52.5 Attainment 8, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.62 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.

The circle is 1.62 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Levenshulme High School: 1.62 miles, 2026/27 Tithe Barn Primary School: 0.74 miles, 2026/27, published by Stockport

This is not a catchment area. 1.62 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Levenshulme High School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2026/27, from Manchester. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Manchester, published admission distances, 2026/27

Where Levenshulme High School and Tithe Barn Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Tithe Barn Primary School admitted from 0.74 miles in 2026/27, published by Stockport. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is SK4 at £385,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Levenshulme High SchoolFrom Tithe Barn Primary SchoolMedian sold price
SK4 Stockport 1.4 mi 0.6 mi £385,000 149 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Manchester, 60 of 368 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (16.3%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Levenshulme High School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Burnage Academy for Boys Both in reach Secondary 2.15 mi 2026/27 0.8 mi
Broadstone Hall Primary School Both in reach Primary 4.08 mi 2026/27 1.2 mi
Tithe Barn Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.74 mi 2026/27 1.2 mi
St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary Both in reach Primary 0.83 mi 2026/27 1.3 mi
Priestnall School Both in reach Secondary 1.16 mi 2026/27 1.4 mi
Whitehill Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.67 mi 2026/27 1.5 mi

The distance as a picture

Levenshulme High School catchment area map: the 1.62 mile admission distance, 2026/27 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 1,057 pupils in 1,100 places (96% full)
TrustGREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
Local authorityManchester

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 27 July 2022. Ungraded inspection, July 2022: school remains Outstanding
Attainment 8 52.5 (2024/25)
YearProgress 8
2024/25 not published
2023/24 +0.91
2022/23 +1.08

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Levenshulme High School

Girls and boys100.0% girls, 0.0% boys
English as an additional language65.7% of pupils
Free school meals54.6% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Where Levenshulme High School's Year 11 went next

Stayed for the sixth form27.7%
Sixth-form college46.5%
Further education college19.3%
Apprenticeship0.0%
Employment1.5%
No sustained destination recorded2.0%

DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.

What it costs to live within reach of Levenshulme High School

Cheapest district inside the 1.62 miles: M14, median £220,000. Dearest: SK4, £385,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
M14 Manchester 1.5 mi £220,000 53 sales
M19 Manchester 0.1 mi £320,000 77 sales
SK4 Stockport 1.4 mi £385,000 149 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.62 miles the school admitted from in 2026/27, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Levenshulme High School by bus

Best-served stop: Crompton Road, 127 yd away, with 1.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:04, last 23:25.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Crompton Road127 yd1.21.01.0172, 727, 763
Crompton Road133 yd1.21.01.0172, 727, 763
Crossley Road175 yd1.21.01.0172, 727, 763

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Levenshulme High School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around M19: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at M19 1FS, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Levenshulme High School?

Levenshulme High School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 1.62 miles away, per Manchester.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Levenshulme High School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.62 miles was enough in 2026/27. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Levenshulme High School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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