Co-op Academy Belle Vue, Manchester

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am inspired by Belle Vue's commitment to academic excellence, pastoral care, and community engagement. Our academy has a strong ethos that aligns with the trust values of Be yourself, always, Do what matters most, Show you care and Succeed together. We talk about the Belle Vue Difference a lot in our day to day rituals."

In 2026, pupils at Co-op Academy Belle Vue averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Manchester and 47 across England.

62% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Manchester and 47% in England.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 50, against 57.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 17 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and History.

For September 2026 entry, 364 families put Co-op Academy Belle Vue as their first choice and 1019 named it as one of their preferences, for 222 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 166 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Co-op Academy Belle Vue are St Peter's RC High School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.7); Dean Trust Ardwick (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.4); Cedar Mount Academy (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.5); and The East Manchester Academy (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 46.2).

Co-op Academy Belle Vue's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Co-op Academy Belle Vue is one of 40 schools run by The Co-Operative Academies Trust, an academy trust.

61.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 38.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (28%), Black (26%) and White British (19%).

Co-op Academy Belle Vue had 62 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Belle Vue Rail Station, about 490 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hyde Road (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Co-op Academy Belle Vue 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, Co-op Academy Belle Vue issued 289 suspensions, 40 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Co-op Academy Belle Vue are All Saints Primary School (0.3 miles); St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles); Stanley Grove Primary Academy (0.6 miles); and Sacred Heart RC Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.