Parrs Wood High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Manchester
Good
Secondary schools in North West
Browse schools located in the North West region. Filter by phase and explore Ofsted ratings.
Pendle Vale College
Secondary • Community school • Nelson
Good
Penketh High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Warrington
Good
Pensby High School
Secondary • Foundation school • Wirral
Good
Penwortham Girls' High School
Secondary • Community school • Preston
Outstanding
Penwortham Priory Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Preston
Good
Philips High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Manchester
Requires improvement
Pleckgate High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Blackburn
Outstanding
Poynton High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Stockport
Good
Prenton High School for Girls
Secondary • Academy converter • Birkenhead
Good
Preston Muslim Girls High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Preston
Outstanding
Priestnall School
Secondary • Academy converter • Stockport
Requires improvement
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Secondary • Academy converter • Penrith
Good
Queen Elizabeth School
Secondary • Academy converter
Good
Queen Elizabeth Studio School
Secondary • Studio schools
Good
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Secondary • Free schools • Blackburn
Good
Queen's Park High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Chester
Good
Rainford High School
Secondary • Academy converter • St Helens
Good
Rainhill High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Prescot
Good
Range High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Liverpool
Good
Rayner Stephens High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Dukinfield
Requires improvement
Reddish Vale High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Stockport
Inadequate
Rhyddings
Secondary • Academy converter • Accrington
Requires improvement
Richard Rose Central Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Carlisle
Requires improvement
Richard Rose Morton Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Carlisle
Requires improvement
Ridgeway High School
Secondary • Foundation school • Prenton
Good
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Lancaster
Outstanding
Rivington and Blackrod High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bolton
Good
Ruskin Community High School
Secondary • Community school • Crewe
Good
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Liverpool
Not judged
Saddleworth School
Secondary • Academy converter • Oldham
Saint Aidan's Church of England High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Poulton-le-Fylde
Good
Saint Ambrose College
Secondary • Academy converter • Altrincham
Good
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Prescot
Requires improvement
Saint John Henry Newman Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Oldham
Saint Paul's Catholic High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Manchester
Good
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Widnes
Good
Sale Grammar School
Secondary • Academy converter • Sale
Outstanding
Sale High School
Secondary • Foundation school • Sale
Good
Salford City Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Manchester
Good
Samuel King's School
Secondary • Foundation school • Alston
Good
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Secondary • Academy converter • Sandbach
Good
Sandbach School
Secondary • Free schools • Sandbach
Good
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Secondary • Free schools • Runcorn
Good
Settlebeck School
Secondary • Academy converter • Sedbergh
Requires improvement
Sharples School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bolton
Good
Shavington Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Shavington
Good
Shevington High School
Secondary • Community school • Wigan
Good
Shuttleworth College
Secondary • Foundation school • Burnley
Requires improvement
Sir John Thursby Community College
Secondary • Foundation school • Burnley
Good
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