Burnage Academy for Boys

Burnage Academy for Boys continues to maintain its status as an outstanding school, providing pupils with an exceptional education that supports their academic and personal growth. The school has a strong headteacher who also serves as the CEO of a single-academy trust, ensuring unity in the vision for education. Pupils thrive in a supportive environment that allows them to excel in a broad and well-structured curriculum, achieving significantly above national averages in their external examinations. The school places a high priority on reading and personal development, equipping students with the skills they need for a successful future.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve far above national averages in external examinations.
• Exceptional support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Staff deliver the curriculum with expertise and passion, ensuring deep understanding.
• Strong emphasis on reading and rich subject-specific language.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff create a safe and respectful atmosphere.
• Wide-ranging personal development program prepares pupils for modern societal issues.

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 Burnage Academy for Boys attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.8% 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, 19.4% of pupils at Burnage Academy for Boys were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 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 Burnage Academy for Boys had 14.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% 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, 8.8% of pupils at Burnage Academy for Boys were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.9% 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 Burnage Academy for Boys received £9,215 and spent £9,348 for each of its 985 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £804,000 (£816 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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What is Burnage Academy for Boys's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burnage Academy for Boys is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Burnage Academy for Boys last inspected by Ofsted?

Burnage Academy for Boys was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Burnage Academy for Boys have?

Burnage Academy for Boys has 1,021 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burnage Academy for Boys cover?

Burnage Academy for Boys for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Burnage Academy for Boys's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.9, and 58% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Burnage Academy for Boys?

Burnage Academy for Boys is at Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1ER.