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Cedar Mount Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 724Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 138097URN

Gorton Education Village, 50 Wembley Road, Gorton, M18 7DT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

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
2.1per place
0.4 below Manchester median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester

212 applications for 99 places · 26th of 32 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.5of 90
25th of 31 in Manchester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 22 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • 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 · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 25 April 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Manchester median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

212 applications · 99 places offered · 47 named it first

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

  1. 2026 2.1; Manchester median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.6; Manchester median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.2; Manchester median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.9; Manchester median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Manchester median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.1; Manchester median median 2.1
  7. 2020 0.9; Manchester median median 2.4
  8. 2019 0.7; Manchester median median 2.3
  9. 2018 0.7; Manchester median median 2.1
  10. 2017 0.9; Manchester median median 2.1
  11. 2016 1.2; Manchester median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.5; Manchester median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.2; Manchester median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Manchester median in 1 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 2026992122.1470.47
Sep 20251201941.6480.40
Sep 2024942052.2410.44
Sep 2023871651.9460.53
Sep 2022661432.2520.79
Sep 20211081221.1530.49
Sep 20201781640.9660.37
Sep 20191771310.7660.37
Sep 20181771280.7430.24
Sep 20171761570.9570.32
Sep 20161151431.2430.37
Sep 20151362031.5630.46
Sep 20141531781.2670.44

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

166 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.525th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%25th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.71
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16640.535%56%–
2024/2519837.231%47%–
2023/2416335.023%37%−0.71
2022/2317235.823%38%−0.34

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
138097 · 352/4002
Trust
Bright Futures Educational Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 724 on roll
Free school meals
63.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2012
Replaced
Cedar Mount High School (URN 132085)
Address
Gorton Education Village, 50 Wembley Road, Gorton, M18 7DT
Local authority
Manchester

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