- Over its 500-year history this highly selective boys’ school has cemented its reputation as one of the country’s top academic schools.
- Its founding principle was to provide “godliness and good learning” to the poor boys of Manchester. The high master, Martin Boulton, says the core mission today is still “to educate the brightest young men in the north of England, regardless of their social, cultural, religious and financial background”.
- About 200 pupils, 12 per cent of the total, receive bursaries, most of them covering full fees and given to boys joining Year 7.
- The 300-plus school trips each year include three annual treks to mountain ranges — most recently to the Atlas Mountains in North Africa and Wahiba Sands in Oman — along with diving expeditions, gliding trips and weekly mountain activity days in the Lake District and Snowdonia.
Results
A-level 2024 rank: 95=
Grade
%
A*
32.5
A
32.9
B
19.7
A*/A
65.4
A*-B
85.1
GCSE 2024 rank: 60=
Grade
%
A*/9/8
67.4
A/7
17.7
A*/A/9/8/7
85.1