St Joseph's Boys Industrial School, Longsight (later Longsght Police Station)

St Joseph's Industrial School for Roman Catholic Boys was founded by Father Thomas Quick. On 14 June 1871, the School was certified to accommodate up to 350 boys, aged from 10 to 16 at their date of admission, in premises at 8 Richmond Grove, Longsight, Manchester. Part of the site, also housed St Joseph's Industrial School for Girls.

In 1911-1912, there was a major rebuilding of the premises with a long range being constructed along the length of Grindlow Street at the north of the site.

In 1933, St Joseph's became an Approved School, one of the new institutions introduced by the 1933 Children and Young Persons Act to replace the existing system of Reformatories and Industrial Schools. It was designated as an Intermediate Approved School, housing up to 300 boys aged 13 to 15. At the start of the Second World War, the School relocated to premises at London Road, Nantwich. From 1939 to 1948, the Longsight building was used by the fire services. In 1948, the site was taken over by the Manchester Police as a divisional headquarters and transport depot. The old buildings were replaced in 1997-1998.