Cedar Mount Academy

Cedar Mount Academy demonstrates a strong commitment to its pupils' safety and well-being, successfully fostering a culture where safeguarding is prioritized. Attendance initiatives have resulted in improvements, particularly among disadvantaged students, contributing to a calm and respectful environment for learning. Although new leadership and strategic improvements in the curriculum are underway, the school still faces challenges, particularly in teaching consistency and overall student achievement in national examinations.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding practices and culture.
• Successful attendance initiatives leading to improved attendance rates.
• Strong leadership with clear action plans for improvement.
• Enhanced curriculum opportunities that promote personal development and well-being.
• Supportive environment fostering inclusion and diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teaching effectiveness across the school.
• Variable progress for pupils through the curriculum.
• Need for improvements in staff training on supporting students with additional needs.
• Achievement in national examinations remains below the national average.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cedar Mount Academy attended 90.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.6% of pupils at Cedar Mount Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cedar Mount Academy had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.0% of pupils at Cedar Mount Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Cedar Mount Academy received £10,621 and spent £9,792 for each of its 820 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £3,238,000 (£3,949 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Bright Futures Educational Trust, income was £10,531 and spending £10,103 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Manchester · Manchester local authority: places and applications

Cedar Mount Academy is part of Bright Futures Educational Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Melland High School Gorton
• Rushbrook Primary Academy Manchester
• Stanley Grove Primary Academy Longsight
• Lime Tree Primary Academy Sale
• Barton Clough Primary School Manchester
• The Orchards Stretford
• Elmridge Primary School Altrincham
• Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Altrincham
• Acre Hall Primary School Manchester
• Marton Primary Academy and Nursery Blackpool

What is Cedar Mount Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cedar Mount Academy is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Cedar Mount Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Cedar Mount Academy was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Cedar Mount Academy have?

Cedar Mount Academy has 724 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cedar Mount Academy cover?

Cedar Mount Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Cedar Mount Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 40.5, and 35% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Cedar Mount Academy?

Cedar Mount Academy is at GORTON EDUCATION VILLAGE, 50 WEMBLEY ROAD, GORTON, GREATER MANCHESTER, M18 7DT.