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Manchester Academy

General Information

  • Address: Moss Lane East, Moss Side, Manchester, M14 4PX – View on map
  • Phone: 01612321639
  • Website: Visit school website
  • Headteacher: Mr James Eldon
  • Age range: 11-16 years
  • Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 63 families put it first for 151 places – 4 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 151 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 3 · 2024 4 · 2025 4 · 2026 4
  • Intake: Mixed
  • Religious character: Christian
  • Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1025 pupils out of 1170 places
  • Pupils eligible for free school meals: 603
  • % eligible for free school meals: 58.8%
  • Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Manchester average)
  • English as an additional language: 79% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

  • Teacher turnover: 20.1% a year (Manchester 17.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
  • Where they went: about 47% moved to another school, 53% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
  • Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

Across Manchester: suspensions by reason

  • Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 48 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
  • Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
  • Suspensions for bullying: 96 (2.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
  • Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 61 (1.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
  • Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Manchester, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

  • Overall absence: 7.8%
  • Persistently absent pupils: 21.6%
  • Data year: 2024/25

SEN

  • SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilityOther needs 128 places · 128 pupils at the last count
  • Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilityOther needs 17 places · 17 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

  • Pupils on SEN Support: 13.9%
  • Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
  • Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

  • Speech, language and communications needs: 42 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 39 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 25 pupils
  • Specific learning difficulty: 16 pupils
  • Other difficulty or disability: 7 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

  • Autistic spectrum disorder: 17 pupils
  • Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
  • Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
  • Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
  • Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2022 report

  • Attainment 8 score: 45.4
  • Compared with the area: 1.1 points below the Manchester average (46.5)
  • Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (+0.0 points against an expected 45.4)
  • Grade 4+ in English and maths: 58% (Manchester 64%, England 65%) Broadly steady
  • Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

2022/232023/242024/2544.643.245.4
This schoolManchester averageEngland Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 1.1 points below the Manchester average (46.5).

Leaver Destinations

  • In education, employment, or training a year later: 90.0%
  • Went into further education: 88.0%
  • Data year: 2024/25

GCSE Subjects Offered

  • Maths (General)
  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Science Double Award
  • History
  • Business Studies
  • Spanish
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • French Language
  • Physics (General)
  • Chemistry (General)
  • Art & Design
  • D & T
  • Arabic
  • Religious Studies
  • Urdu
  • Computer Science
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Chinese
  • Turkish
  • Persian Language
  • Bengali
  • Russian

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,432 (2024-25)

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)