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Manchester Enterprise Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,145Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 135874URN

Simonsway, Wythenshawe, M22 9RH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
1.3 below Manchester median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester

226 applications for 195 places · 32nd of 32 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
33.0of 90
31st of 31 in Manchester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 28 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention, 4 Urgent improvement
  2. 22 September 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.2applications per place, Year 7
1.3 below Manchester median (2.5) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

226 applications · 195 places offered · 99 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.2; Manchester median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.3; Manchester median median 2.6
  3. 2024 1.2; Manchester median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.6; Manchester median median 2.6
  5. 2022 1.4; Manchester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.5; Manchester median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.3; Manchester median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.6; Manchester median median 2.3
  9. 2018 1.6; Manchester median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.5; Manchester median median 2.1
  11. 2016 1.6; Manchester median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.4; Manchester median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.7; Manchester median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Manchester median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Manchester median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261952261.2990.51
Sep 20252322931.31400.60
Sep 20241962431.21010.52
Sep 20232423851.61880.78
Sep 20222333251.42090.90
Sep 20212343521.52371.01
Sep 20202323051.31750.75
Sep 20192393901.62661.11
Sep 20182343731.62541.09
Sep 20172383581.52330.98
Sep 20162093431.62421.16
Sep 20151492081.41180.79
Sep 2014971691.7870.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

226 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)33.031st of 31 in Manchester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths22%31st of 31 in Manchester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths40%
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.69
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22633.022%40%–
2024/2522537.528%47%–
2023/2423438.128%55%−0.69
2022/2324635.923%43%−0.99

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135874 · 352/6908
Trust
Prospere Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,270 pupils · 1,145 on roll
Free school meals
58.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2009
Replaced
Parklands High School (URN 131883)
Address
Simonsway, Wythenshawe, M22 9RH
Local authority
Manchester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources