St Gabriel’s RC High School is an average-sized secondary school. A smaller proportion of pupils with lower prior attainment than is typical join this school. The school is a member of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford. It was last inspected under section 48 of the relevant Education Act on 10 October 2016. The purpose of this inspection was to evaluate the distinctiveness and effectiveness of the school’s religious character. The current headteacher has been in an acting role because the substantive headteacher was on secondment from January 2018 and then left the school in August 2018. The school uses two providers of alternative education. Small numbers of pupils attend Bury College and Myerscough College, all on a part-time basis.