Changing Lives
Changing Lives is an independent special school in Manchester for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 56 pupils, 16 more than it has places for.
Isherwood Rd, Nursery farm, Carrington, Manchester, M31 4BH0161 969 5853changinglivessen.co.ukMrs Nicola Smith headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
16 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. That usually means the year group was too small to publish without identifying children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Trafford council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 56 | 39 | 32 | 4 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Academy Sale | Academy | 0.8 miles | 205 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Firs Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 540 | No overall grade 2025 | 65 | Compare |
| Brentwood Community College | Special post 16 institution | 1.0 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Brentwood School | Council | 1.0 miles | 185 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| All Saints' Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 1.0 miles | 205 | Report card 2026 | 87 | Compare |
| St Margaret Ward Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 1.1 miles | 223 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
| St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School | Church of England | 1.3 miles | 240 | Good 2023 | 83 | Compare |
| Woodheys Primary School | Council | 1.4 miles | 443 | Good 2022 | 92 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Changing Lives a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Changing Lives yet.
How many pupils does Changing Lives have?
56 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 40 places, so it is 140% full.
Does Changing Lives have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Isherwood Rd, Nursery farm, Carrington, Manchester, M31 4BH
- Telephone
- 0161 969 5853
- Website
- changinglivessen.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Smith
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-18, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Ward
- Bucklow-St Martins
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 21 September 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149213 · LAESTAB 3586010
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.