The Barlow RC High School
Parrs Wood Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6BX
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 930 (487 boys, 443 girls)
- Capacity: 940
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 39.5%
- Telephone: 01614458053
- Ofsted: Good (19 Jun 2019); ungraded inspection 12 Jun 2024: School remains Good
- Attainment 8: 49.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 584 applications, 169 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Manchester
- St Catherine's RC Primary School (0.1 miles, straight line)
- Beaver Road Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Didsbury CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Parrs Wood High School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Broad Oak Primary School (0.9 miles, straight line)
- St Cuthbert's RC Primary School and Nursery, A Voluntary Academy (1 miles, straight line)
