Manchester Enterprise Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Manchester
Unique reference
135874
Address
Simonsway, M22 9RH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1186 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
16.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
57.3%
Persistent absence
37.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.8%
Mixed 8.2%
African 6.8%
Other White 4.4%
Indian 2.9%
Pakistani 2.7%
Other Asian 2.5%
Other 2.1%
Other Black 1.4%
Chinese 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.3
Local authority average 44.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.2
Local authority average 4
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award13
Speech & DramaTechnical Award23
TourismTechnical Award40
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE19
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE45
Business Studies:SingleGCSE36
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Manchester Enterprise Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
232
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
140
2nd preference
70
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
102
81
Year 8
245
116
129
Year 9
290
140
150
Year 10
236
133
103
Year 11
232
122
110
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
86.3%
85.5%
Further education
52.0%
39.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
15.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
14.0%
31.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
1.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
7.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
7.0%
3.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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