Manchester Academy, Manchester

In 2026, pupils at Manchester Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.3 in Manchester and 47 across England.

46% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Manchester and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.3: pupils made 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 42, against 54.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.1 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 63 families put Manchester Academy as their first choice and 272 named it as one of their preferences, for 151 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 Manchester Academy are Trinity CofE High School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.4); William Hulme's Grammar School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 49.7); Dean Trust Ardwick (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.4); and Whalley Range 11-18 High School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.1).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Manchester Academy.

Manchester Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 220 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 50% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

58.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 78.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (32%), Asian (28%) and other ethnic groups (24%).

Manchester Academy has a resourced provision (17 places, 17 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (128 places, 128 pupils on roll) 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, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Manchester Oxford Road Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lloyd Street North (near), 30 metres away.

In 2024/25, Manchester Academy issued 224 suspensions, 20.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Manchester Academy are Webster Primary School (0.2 miles), Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester (0.2 miles), Claremont Primary School (0.3 miles) and The Divine Mercy Roman Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.