Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 20 January 2026Report card · 3 Exceptional, 3 Strong standard
- 23 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry383 applications · 137 places offered · 226 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.8; Manchester median median 2.5
- 2025 2.9; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2024 3.0; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2023 3.1; Manchester median median 2.6
- 2022 2.3; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2021 2.4; Manchester median median 2.1
- 2020 2.4; Manchester median median 2.4
- 2019 2.3; Manchester median median 2.3
- 2018 1.6; Manchester median median 2.1
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 137 | 383 | 2.8 | 226 | 1.65 |
| Sep 2025 | 132 | 380 | 2.9 | 234 | 1.77 |
| Sep 2024 | 114 | 344 | 3.0 | 217 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 117 | 367 | 3.1 | 236 | 2.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 119 | 273 | 2.3 | 199 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2021 | 123 | 299 | 2.4 | 205 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 283 | 2.4 | 196 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2019 | 122 | 282 | 2.3 | 180 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2018 | 114 | 183 | 1.6 | 124 | 1.09 |
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.) | 128 | 48.5 | 55% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 131 | 53.1 | 67% | 82% | – |
| 2023/24 | 124 | 53.1 | 63% | 79% | +1.20 |
| 2022/23 | 120 | 50.7 | 52% | 80% | +0.71 |
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
- Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, ManchesterThis schoolThis school20262.8applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · Manchester20262.7applications per place 61.8Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · ManchesterGood20242.2applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Manchester20262.3applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Manchester20262.3applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · SalfordGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · SalfordGood20231.3applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · ManchesterGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 3.5 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144744 · 352/4011
- Trust
- Star Academies
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Capacity
- 800 pupils · 664 on roll
- Free school meals
- 48.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Address
- 38 Rayburn Way, Manchester, M8 8DT
- Local authority
- Manchester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources