Abraham Moss Community School, Manchester

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In 2026, pupils at Abraham Moss Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Manchester and 47 across England.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Manchester and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 39.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.07: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.5, against 42.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Religious Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 142 families put Abraham Moss Community School as their first choice and 493 named it as one of their preferences, for 218 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Abraham Moss Community School are The King David High School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 52.7); Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 61.8); Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.5); and Manchester Communication Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.9).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Abraham Moss Community School.

Abraham Moss Community School is one of 11 schools run by The Dean Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 265 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

56.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 78.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (62%), other ethnic groups (15%) and Black (6%).

Abraham Moss Community School has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties: 16 places, 16 pupils on roll.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Abraham Moss (Manchester Metrolink), about 110 metres away (roughly a 1-minute walk).

16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ash Tree Road (opposite), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Abraham Moss Community School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Abraham Moss Community School issued 232 suspensions, 12.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Abraham Moss Community School are St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester (0.2 miles), Cravenwood Primary Academy (0.3 miles), Crumpsall Lane Primary School (0.4 miles) and King David Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.