Manchester Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Manchester
Unique reference
134224
Address
Moss Lane East, Moss Side, M14 4PX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1086 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
60.3%
Girls
39.7%
First language not English
79.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.8%
Persistent absence
32.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.6%
Pupil ethnicities
African 25.8%
Other 19.6%
Pakistani 15.6%
Mixed 9.5%
Other White 5.6%
Other Asian 5.2%
Indian 4.7%
White British 4.4%
Bangladeshi 3.1%
Other Black 2.4%
Chinese 1.6%
Caribbean 1.4%
Unclassified 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.6
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE45
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE40
ChineseGCSE5
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE219
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Manchester Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
193
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
85
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
85
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
166
109
57
Year 8
226
137
89
Year 9
223
132
91
Year 10
237
134
103
Year 11
234
143
91
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
84.4%
85.6%
Further education
40.0%
35.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
9.0%
15.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
29.0%
33.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
1.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
9.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
5.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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