Forest Gate Academy

Forest Gate Academy has been assessed as continuing to provide a good education overall. The school creates a warm and supportive environment where pupils feel happy and ready to learn. High expectations for student achievement are evident, particularly for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who are supported effectively. The school offers a broad curriculum, enriched with opportunities through various clubs and leadership roles that foster a sense of community and personal development among students. However, some areas, particularly in writing attainment for Year 2 and Year 6, still show room for improvement when compared to national averages.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil achievement
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• Warm and supportive school environment
• Variety of extracurricular clubs and activities
• Pupils demonstrate positive role models for younger children
• Well-designed training and support for staff

Areas for Improvement

• Lower than national averages in writing for Year 2 and Year 6
• Some pupils struggle to connect new learning with prior knowledge in a few subjects

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 Forest Gate Academy attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 1.8% of pupils at Forest Gate Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No 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 Forest Gate Academy had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 18.1% of pupils at Forest Gate Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Forest Gate Academy received £7,569 and spent £8,117 for each of its 228 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £244,000 (£1,071 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Dean Trust, income was £8,955 and spending £9,005 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 · Trafford local authority: places and applications

Forest Gate Academy is part of The Dean Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Broadoak School Manchester
• Partington Central Academy Manchester
• Ashton-on-Mersey School Sale
• Dean Trust Ardwick Manchester
• Abraham Moss Community School Manchester
• Dean Trust Rose Bridge Wigan
• Dean Trust Wigan Wigan
• Lord Derby Academy Liverpool
• Blacklow Brow School Liverpool
• Park View Academy Liverpool

What is Forest Gate Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Forest Gate Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Forest Gate Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Forest Gate Academy was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Forest Gate Academy have?

Forest Gate Academy has 215 pupils on roll.

What age range does Forest Gate Academy cover?

Forest Gate Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Forest Gate Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Forest Gate Academy?

Forest Gate Academy is at Daniel Adamson Avenue, Partington, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M31 4PN.