Chorlton High School
Manchester, United Kingdom
About Chorlton High School
Chorlton High School : Successful, Creative, Happy
Chorlton High School is a diverse and innovative Academy, accelerating on its journey to provide a truly outstanding education. We are a mixed, multi-cultural and multi-faith community with strong, effective links to local Primary Schools, Sixth Form providers, Further Education colleges and local businesses.
Our students, aged 11-16, flourish as they are taken on an exciting learning journey underpinned by academic rigour and with a distinctive creative flair! We have a resolute focus on inspiring, nurturing and supporting all students to ensure that at every age and for every ability they have an excellent foundation for their future success.
Chorlton High School has a talented and diligent team of staff who ensure that creativity, happiness and success are central to every student’s daily experience, built on and driven by our core values, we are committed to enabling all our students to become:
SUCCESSFUL learners who go further faster and have the foundations for lifelong success.
CREATIVE learners who are imaginative risk takers and are prepared to lead the future.
HAPPY learners who are recognised and rewarded so their confidence comes from within.
Chorlton High School is rapidly gaining recognition as a centre of educational excellence both locally and nationally. Excellent teaching and learning is at the heart of all that we do. Ambitious, imaginative and cutting-edge practice provides exemplary learning opportunities. Our awards and accolades are a testimony to this, including being a finalist for TES School of the Year, alongside only eight other schools in Great Britain.
Our Ofsted reports (2011, 2016, 2021) highlight many ‘Outstanding’ features along with the school’s resolute focus on nurturing, supporting and inspiring all of its students.
‘Pupils enjoy coming to school because it is a caring and supportive environment where they flourish.’
‘Leaders and teachers collaborate across the Prospere Learning Trust to bring about purposeful, evidence-based change.' Ofsted 2021
Prospere Learning Trust
Chorlton High School is part of the Prospere Learning Trust, which believes in working collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes and life chances for students. The Trust currently comprises of 8 schools, including 4 mainstream high schools and 4 special needs schools (both primary and secondary) with further schools anticipated across Greater Manchester. Find out more about Prospere Learning Trust in the candidate brochure.
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Working at Chorlton High School is incredible, all the staff go the extra mile to support the students. CHS has a real community feel, the department I work in is like a second family. Chorlton has helped me progress my career and given all the support I needed to do progress.
- Teaching AssistantI have been here 4 years now after moving from a sector where I had been for over 25 years. It is the best move I could have ever made! The environment is lively, friendly and supportive staff show real team work and the students are happy and engaged- which all makes for a fantastic place to work. I can’t imagine myself anywhere else.
- Admin CoordinatorI love being part of the CHS team. It really feels like all the staff here are working with one common purpose – to make the lives of the young people in our care as successful and happy as possible. The students are at the heart of everything we do and in turn the students make us proud with their hard work, resilience and talent. It is such a positive, vibrant place to work. No two days are the same. I am genuinely happy in my work here and cannot envisage myself working anywhere else.
- Headteachers PAWorking at Chorlton is amazing, not only did I attend this school, but have been able to carry on my career here too. There are so many opportunities to progress and further your career with training and NVQ's. All staff are friendly, supportive and happy to help. Chorlton High puts its students at the forefront of everything they do pushing them to strive to be more and successful in everything they do. Couldn't asked for a better place to work
- Catering SupervisorWorking at Chorlton High School has given me so many opportunities to progress, both in terms of my teaching and with my role in the wider school. There is a clear drive for excellence, which pushes forward teaching and learning and student achievement.
- Teacher of HistoryCHS has provided me with a great platform to develop my teaching career thanks to its NQT programme and the supportive staff with different levels of experience who are always happy to help.
- NQT - MFLBeing a teacher at Chorlton High School means that I am part of a vibrant, encouraging and dynamic school. Chorlton pushes the bounds of education and makes sure that all pupils, regardless of background, have every opportunity to learn and succeed.
- Teacher of MathsFrom day one, I have had excellent support in terms of my own career development, particularly with NQT and RQT programmes. Staff are very supportive as a school and we all come together to ensure that students are creative, successful and happy.
- Teacher of PE