Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester, Manchester

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester on 6 areas: 3 exceptional and 3 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Exceptional. "Leaders use the achievement and happiness of the school's most vulnerable pupils as a yardstick for the school's success."

Leadership and governance - Exceptional. "School and trust leaders are driven by a moral imperative to ensure that every pupil benefits from an education that is of the highest possible quality."

Personal development and wellbeing - Exceptional. "Leaders provide an intricately designed programme of personal development."

Achievement - Strong standard. "Leaders' rigorous approach to swiftly identifying and addressing any gaps in pupils' numeracy and literacy knowledge pays dividends."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils take great pride in learning successfully and achieving highly."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders provide pupils with a broad, meticulously organised curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders and trustees should sustain the effectiveness of their work to further refine the quality of teaching to continue to enhance the impact that this has on pupils' experiences of school".

From the headteacher's welcome: "The Academy is passionate about guiding pupils to explore their natural talents and fulfil their potential, and staff believe that every young person - regardless of their prior achievement and background - is capable of making outstanding progress academically and personally."

In 2026, pupils at Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Manchester and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Manchester and 47% in England.

That is down from 53.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.2: pupils made well above 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 44.1, against 53.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Sports Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 226 families put Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester as their first choice and 383 named it as one of their preferences, for 137 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 92 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester are Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 61.8); Manchester Communication Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.9); Abraham Moss Community School (1.1 miles, Attainment 8 38.8); and The King David High School (1.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 52.7).

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester is one of 36 schools run by Star Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.6 in 2024/25.

43 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester (as of April 2026): 93% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (95%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

Of the 124 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college.

48% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 73% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (69%), other ethnic groups (17%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 90 pupils (13.6%) received SEN support and 47 (7.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Queens Road (Manchester Metrolink), about 600 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester 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, Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester issued 22 suspensions, 3.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester are St Malachy's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.3 miles); St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles); Saviour CofE Primary School (0.4 miles); and Abbott Community Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.