Dean Trust Ardwick

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 12 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Manchester
Unique reference
141884
Address
345 Stockport Road, Ardwick, M13 0LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1315 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
56.9%
Girls
43.1%
First language not English
62.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
51.3%
Persistent absence
15.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 26.5%
Mixed 16.8%
African 12.2%
Bangladeshi 11.8%
Other 11.3%
Unclassified 4.3%
White British 4.2%
Indian 3.4%
Other Asian 3%
Caribbean 2.6%
Other White 2.1%
Other Black 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

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

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.7
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.93
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award8
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award100
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
TourismTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE8
Art & DesignGCSE40
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dean Trust Ardwick

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
263
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
126
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
202
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
21
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
263
154
109
Year 8
269
154
115
Year 9
265
163
102
Year 10
269
140
129
Year 11
249
137
112
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
36.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
14.0%
14.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
35.0%
35.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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