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Please see the council’s Secondary School Admissions website for more information and to complete an application.
The application round for September 2025 opens on Monday 1st July 2024. The closing date for school applications is 5:00pm on Thursday 31st October 2024.
The Pupil Admission Number (PAN) for each year group is 240.
Last year there were more applications than places at CHS South and the over subscription criteria was applied.
The oversubscription criteria will be applied to all applicants only where there are more applicants than places available. All applicants will be placed in a priority order determined by the oversubscription criteria which are set out, in order, below. Places will be offered to the applicants with the highest priority until all places at the school have been offered.
Category 1 – children who are looked after by a local authority and children who were previously looked after by a local authority.
Previously looked after children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order) immediately after being looked after.
Category 2 – children with exceptional medical / social needs; If a parent/carer has chosen CHS South because the child has exceptional social or medical circumstances, or the parent/carer is disabled.
Category 3 – children with a sibling at the school. A sibling is defined as an older brother or sister including adopted siblings, step siblings and foster children.
Category 4 – All other children.
Within each category, applicants will be prioritised according to the distance between the child’s permanent address and the school.
The distance measurement used by the admissions authority (Manchester City Council) varies each year, based on the applications received. CHS South does not currently have a catchment area.
CHS South is an inclusive school. Our vision is for all students that have a Special Educational Need and/or Disability (SEND) and/or have English as an Additional Language (EAL) to feel creative, happy and successful at school. They should be able to access a full, appropriate curriculum suited to their needs; participate in all aspects of school life and be challenged to have high expectations of themselves as learners.
It is important to maintain a child-centred approach to SEND and EAL at CHS South. This should stem from the core belief that all teachers are teachers of children with SEND and EAL and all leaders are leaders of children with SEN and EAL. We should strive to view inclusion as a process and not a place. We should strive to be flexible when it comes to understanding and meeting additional needs. And most importantly of all, we should strive to create the right climate where all young people feel valued and can thrive.
For further information about our SEND provision please see the SEND section of the website.
Please contact our school office if you have further questions.