Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry399 applications · 212 places offered · 133 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Manchester median median 2.5
- 2025 1.6; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2024 1.6; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2023 1.6; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2022 1.6; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2021 0.9; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2020 1.5; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2019 1.5; Manchester median median 2.3
- 2018 1.6; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2017 1.9; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2016 1.9; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Manchester median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Manchester median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Manchester median
Dashed bars: as The East Manchester Academy (URN 136089), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 212 | 399 | 1.9 | 133 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2025 | 208 | 330 | 1.6 | 118 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2024 | 224 | 347 | 1.6 | 109 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2023 | 189 | 299 | 1.6 | 82 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2022 | 143 | 232 | 1.6 | 108 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2021 | 198 | 178 | 0.9 | 83 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2020 | 196 | 297 | 1.5 | 111 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2019 | 197 | 291 | 1.5 | 141 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2018 | 198 | 319 | 1.6 | 130 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2017 | 198 | 376 | 1.9 | 157 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2016 * | 200 | 387 | 1.9 | 185 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 197 | 350 | 1.8 | 149 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 * | 177 | 313 | 1.8 | 161 | 0.91 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 206 | 46.2 | 37% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 212 | 41.9 | 25% | 46% | – |
| 2023/24 | 197 | 40.1 | 27% | 52% | −0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 193 | 42.7 | 28% | 48% | −0.15 |
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
- The East Manchester AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · ManchesterOutstanding20244.6applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · ManchesterRemains Good20232.4applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Manchester20264.1applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · TamesideRemains Good20222.7applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · TamesideGood20222.0applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · ManchesterGood20242.2applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Manchester20262.5applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · ManchesterGood20234.1applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 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
- 144494 · 352/4010
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 1,035 on roll
- Free school meals
- 63.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- The East Manchester Academy (URN 136089)
- Address
- 60 Grey Mare Lane, Beswick, Manchester, M11 3DS
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources