Co-op Academy North Manchester

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 16 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Manchester
Unique reference
142762
Address
300 Victoria Avenue East, Blackley, M9 7SS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1258 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
24%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.7%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.8%
African 19.3%
Mixed 10%
Other 5.6%
Other Black 4.2%
Pakistani 4.1%
Unclassified 3.9%
Other White 3.5%
Other Asian 2.5%
Chinese 1.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.3
Local authority average 44.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.59
Local authority average 4
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award75
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award25
Health StudiesTechnical Award64
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award20
Sports StudiesTechnical Award49
TourismTechnical Award26
ArabicGCSE5
Art & DesignGCSE70
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Co-op Academy North Manchester

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
231
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
250
2nd preference
137
3rd preference
129
From another Local Authority
25
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
211
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes23.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
250
121
129
Year 8
264
145
119
Year 9
245
120
125
Year 10
259
135
124
Year 11
240
130
110
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.3%
85.5%
Further education
54.0%
39.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
9.0%
15.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
22.0%
31.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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