Manchester Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-16
Religion Christian
Address Moss Lane East
Moss Side
Manchester
M14 4PX
Phone 01612321639
Reference Number 134224

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1086
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 60.31%
Girls: 39.69%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 50.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 79.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 109 57 166
8 137 89 226
9 132 91 223
10 134 103 237
11 143 91 234

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 25.8%
Pakistani 15.6%
Mixed, Other 5.7%
White, Other 5.6%
Asian, Other 5.2%
Indian 4.7%
White, British 4.4%
Chinese 1.6%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
Caribbean 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.2%
White & Asian 1%
Unclassified 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-11-17
Date Description Report
2022-09-27 School inspection: School inspection:
2021-03-18 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-03-13 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-11-08 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-09-20 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-03-16 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2012-01-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-02-15 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-03-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-30 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2005-11-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
43.2 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 30.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 50.9% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 80 29
Third Preference 63 10
From another Local Authority 9 1

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Webster Primary School
Denmark Road, Greenheys, Manchester, M15 6JU
0.15 miles
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester
Denmark Road, Moss Side, Manchester, M15 6JS
0.25 miles
Claremont Primary School
Claremont Road, Moss Side, Claremont Primary School, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 7NA
0.32 miles
The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School
20 Blue Moon Way, Rusholme, Manchester, M14 7SH
0.46 miles
Heald Place Primary School
Heald Place, Rusholme, Heald Place Primary School, Manchester, M14 7PN
0.46 miles
Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre
33 Epping Street, Manchester, M15 6PA
0.67 miles
St Chrysostom's CofE Primary School
Lincoln Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, M13 0DX
0.68 miles
Wilbraham Primary School
Platt Lane, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 7FB
0.76 miles
St Mary's CofE Junior and Infant School
Adscombe Street, Alexandra Park, Moss Side, Manchester, M16 7AQ
0.82 miles
Rolls Crescent Primary School
Rolls Crescent, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5FT
0.84 miles
St Philip's Church of England Primary School
Loxford Street, Hulme, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M15 6BT
0.88 miles
Co-op Academy Medlock
Wadeson Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M13 9UJ
0.97 miles
Plymouth Grove Primary School
Plymouth Grove West, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Plymouth Grove Primary School, Ardwick, M13 0AQ
0.99 miles
St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme
Cromwell Range, Birch-in-Rusholme, St James C of E Primary School, Manchester, M14 6HW
1.02 miles
St Kentigern's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Bethnall Drive, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 7ED
1.04 miles
St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester
Richmond Grove, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0BT
1.07 miles
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
Birchvale Close, Hulme, M15 5BJ
1.08 miles
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Langport Avenue, Longsight, Manchester, M12 4NG
1.11 miles
St Margaret's CofE Primary School
Withington Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8FQ
1.14 miles
St John's CofE Primary School
Clarence Road, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0YE
1.19 miles
Name Distance
Manchester Hospital School
3rd Floor School, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 9WL
0.46 miles
Xaverian College
Lower Park Road, Manchester, M14 5RB
0.54 miles
Trinity CofE High School
Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester, M15 6HP
0.57 miles
IncludEd Learning
8 Alexandra Road South, Whalley Range, Manchester, M16 8ER
0.74 miles
Loreto College
Chichester Road, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5PB
0.82 miles
St Bede's College
0.86 miles
Manchester High School for Girls
Grangethorpe Road, Manchester, M14 6HS
0.89 miles
William Hulme's Grammar School
Spring Bridge Road, Manchester, M16 8PR
1.01 miles
Dean Trust Ardwick
345 Stockport Road, Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 0LF
1.12 miles
Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys
Hartley Hall, Alexandra Road South, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire, M16 8NH
1.13 miles
Whalley Range 11-18 High School
Wilbraham Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M16 8GW
1.16 miles
The Manchester Grammar School
Old Hall Lane, Manchester, M13 0XT
1.17 miles
Afifah School
86 Clifton Street, Old Trafford, Manchester, M16 9GN
1.18 miles
Withington Girls' School
Wellington Road, Manchester, M14 6BL
1.35 miles
Sol Christian Academy
115, Fairfield Street, M12 6EL
1.37 miles
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central
Lytham Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M14 6PL
1.5 miles
Abbey College Manchester
5-7 Cheapside, Off King Street, Manchester, M2 4WG
1.67 miles
St Peter's RC High School
Kirkmanshulme Lane, Greater Manchester, M12 4WB
1.75 miles
CHS South
451 Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 7SX
1.75 miles
St John Vianney School
Rye Bank Road, Firswood, Stretford, Manchester, M16 0EX
1.84 miles
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