Welcome

I am delighted to be working together with you to help our students reach their potential spiritually, academically, and socially. Working together in partnership with our parishes and communities, we nurture our core values, encouraging each student’s spiritual and academic development. Working with the local and wider community is of high importance to us and community links are fully embedded into the life and work of the school and we believe they provide valuable experiences which support the curriculum and enhance our students’ learning. In line with our core values, we feel that through community projects our students will develop respect for others and care for the environment.

Year 8 Parents' Evening

Year 8 parents are invited to attend our virtual Parents’ Evening on Thursday 19th March 2026, from 4.30pm to 7.00pm. This important event provides an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress since September with their teachers – click here for details.

Life is a Cabaret

Come along & see our wonderful school concert. It’s on 17 & 18 March. Tickets available from ParentShop. Book now as limited seating – click here for details.

Year 11 GCSE Exam Timetable

The Year 11 GCSE summer exam timetable – click here to download

The Buzz – Spring issue

Each term we post our newsletter – The Buzz; this gives a summary of the events at Saint Paul’s together with lots of photos and outlines our plans for the months ahead. Click here to download the newsletter

Attendance Battle

A competition to see which year group makes the biggest attendance improvement. There will be karaoke parties for the winners. Click for details.

Exam Wellbeing

After-school Wellbeing Exam sessions to support Exam Wellbeing – come along for a chat, support & advice – for full details and dates click

Year 11 Mindfulness and Wellbeing Sessions

Year 11 Mindfulness and Wellbeing Sessions after school every Thursday with a focus on reducing anxiety & stress in the run up to the exams – for full details click

Managing children's digital lives

Parenting today can feel overwhelming — the Children’s Commissioner’s Managing Children’s Digital Lives guide aims to help you support your child in today’s fast-changing digital world – click for details.

Year 11 Science Revision

Year 11 make sure that you attend the Science revision sessions which will be a great help preparing for the exams. To see the session timetable for this term – click

Year 7 Environmental Science

The objective of Environmental Science Week is for Year 7 study the causes and impact of pollution on nature. The unit of work is interleaved with revision of the Matter, Organisms, Energy and Ecosystems topics. There will be lots of practical work and exploration of the role of Environmental Scientists, working in the field and the laboratory. – click for details

Reading Competition

The competition is open to KS3 students and all books read from the beginning of the school year until World Book Day will count. The top 3 most prolific readers + 2 students chosen by their teacher (not necessarily the best readers, but the ones that have always shown commitment to reading) will be invited to the pizza party – click for details

Alton Towers Rewards Trip

Rewarding positive behaviour, excellent attitude & good attendance – pupils will be invited on the school’s reward trip to Alton Towers – click to see poster for full details including attendance, behaviour and attitude criteria.

Family Meal of the Week

Each week we feature a different delicious family meal designed to make a healthy budget meal – click for details.

Phone Safety Advice

With more choice than ever and rising concerns about safety, phone ownership can raise important questions for families – click for some useful advice from the NSPCC

‘Kids Online Safety’ campaign

The UK government has launched the ‘Kids Online Safety’ campaign to help parents and carers support their children to navigate the digital world safely and confidently. – click for details.

Nature for Health

The Nature for Health programme provides free gardening and nature‑based activities for Manchester residents – click for details.

Year 11 Prom

We are already looking forward to the Year 11 Prom in July – make sure you get an invite by meeting the Prom Night criteria – click for details

Celebrating our “Good” Ofsted Report

“Saint Paul’s is a welcoming and supportive community. Leaders have high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs. Pupils achieve well,” report the Ofsted inspectors who recently visited Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe. The school has just received a good report following the visit of Ofsted inspectors to the school.

To read the report click here
Ofsted Saint Paul’s Catholic HS – 139456 – Final Report