Manchester School Catchment Areas

Finding the right catchment in Manchester means weighing 137 primary schools and 30 secondaries against where you can realistically live — distance criteria tend to bite hardest in the council's more popular towns.

School density is highest in Manchester and Gorton — parents in other parts of Manchester should check the exact distance-offered figure from the previous year before banking on proximity alone.

Selective schools are part of the mix in Manchester — for those applying to grammar schools, a selective admissions test is required in addition to the standard admissions process.