The East Manchester Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Good Mar 18 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Not available
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Unique reference
- 144494
- Address
- 60 Grey Mare Lane, Beswick, M11 3DS
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1031 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 50.7%
- Girls
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 46.8%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 60.8%
- Persistent absence
- 18.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 22.0%
White British 28.6%
African 20.8%
Other Black 11.3%
Other 10%
Mixed 8.7%
Pakistani 4.6%
Other Asian 4.2%
Other White 3.7%
Chinese 3.2%
Caribbean 1.6%
Unclassified 1.5%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 27%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 25%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 41.9
Local authority average 44.7
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.43
Local authority average 4
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | Technical Award | 43 |
| Small Business Management | Technical Award | 83 |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 45 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 16 |
| Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 17 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 14 |
| Bengali | GCSE | 2 |
| Biology | GCSE | 18 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 17 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 8 |
Admissions
The East Manchester Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 208
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 118
- 2nd preference
- 76
- 3rd preference
- 58
- From another Local Authority
- 11
Offers
- 1st preference
- 118
- 2nd preference
- 23
- 3rd preference
- 9
- To another Local Authority
- 7
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.7 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 214 114 100 |
| Year 8 | 189 86 103 |
| Year 9 | 202 102 100 |
| Year 10 | 208 104 104 |
| Year 11 | 218 117 101 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 78.0% 86.3% 85.5% |
Further education | 54.0% 39.1% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 3.0% 15.3% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | 20.0% 31.3% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.6% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 2.0% 1.7% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 1.3% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 12.0% 7.0% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 6.0% 3.7% 3.0% |