Pioneer House High School
Pioneer House High School is a special free school in Manchester for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 170 pupils and every place is taken. About 76 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
200 Yewtree Lane, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0FF0161 241 8100pioneerhousehighschool.netMrs Adele Cox headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
17 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 17 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 0.4 | – | – | – | – | – | 46.8 | 46.8 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | 44% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | 64% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 0.02 | – | – | – | – | – | 4.19 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | – | – | – | – | – | 49% | 41% |
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
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 Manchester council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Severe learning difficulty (67), Autistic spectrum disorder (46), language and communications needs (25), emotional and mental health (16), Moderate learning difficulty (9), Hearing impairment (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 170 | 156 | 141 | 129 | 121 | 117 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 74% | 69% | 69% | 65% | 64% | 62% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 9% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 10% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 7.9% | 6.8% | 8.5% | 8.2% | 19.2% | 6.9% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 5.3% | 4.8% | 6.0% | 6.2% | 16.9% | 4.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.7% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 29.5% | 24.4% | 25.7% | 25.5% | 75.0% | 21.7% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 21 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2018/19 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 90% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Education | 90% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rack House Primary School | Council | 310 m | 460 | Report card 2025 | 87 | Compare |
| St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 400 m | 207 | Requires improvement 2023 | 0 | Compare |
| Button Lane Primary School | Council | 720 m | 385 | Good 2023 | 28 | Compare |
| Northenden Community School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 232 | Good 2019 | – | Compare |
| Worthington Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 446 | Good 2020 | 81 | Compare |
| Oakbrook School | Independent | 0.9 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 473 | No overall grade 2024 | 87 | Compare |
| Manchester Secondary PRU | Pupil referral unit | 1.0 miles | 205 | Requires improvement 2024 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Pioneer House High School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Pioneer House High School yet.
How good are Pioneer House High School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 0.4, against 46.8 for England.
How many pupils does Pioneer House High School have?
170 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 170 places, so it is 100% full.
What is attendance like at Pioneer House High School?
Pupils were in school 92.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 30% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does Pioneer House High School 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
- 200 Yewtree Lane, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0FF
- Telephone
- 0161 241 8100
- Website
- pioneerhousehighschool.net
- Headteacher
- Mrs Adele Cox
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Prospere Learning Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward
- Brooklands
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- URN
- 142893 · LAESTAB 3527000 · UKPRN 10056999
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- 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.