A north Manchester high school where racist, homophobic and misogynistic bullying is 'rife’ has been urged to make urgent improvements after school inspectors found that an 'unsafe and unruly' environment was 'failing' pupils.
Ofsted inspectors highlighted a number of concerns after visiting St Matthew's RC High School on Nuthurst Road in Moston in November last year. The inspection report highlighted how ‘pupils are not happy’ at the school and ‘do not feel safe’ due to the behaviour of other pupils.
Inspectors also found that pupils were often exposed to fights and aggressive behaviour, whilst reporting that many pupils engaged in 'name calling’ and bullying, which was described as being ‘commonplace’ at the school, which has been run by the Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust since 2021.
