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Abraham Moss Community School

  • 3–16Ages
  • 1,793Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • 150009URN

Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5UF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.2 below Manchester median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Manchester

493 applications for 218 places · 20th of 32 in Manchester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.8of 90
28th of 31 in Manchester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 15 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
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.

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
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Manchester median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

493 applications · 218 places offered · 142 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Manchester median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.1; Manchester median median 2.6
  3. 2024 2.1; Manchester median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.0; Manchester median median 2.6; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.6; Manchester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.5; Manchester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.7; Manchester median median 2.4; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.6; Manchester median median 2.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.7; Manchester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.7; Manchester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.5; Manchester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; Manchester median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; Manchester median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Manchester median

Dashed bars: as Abraham Moss Community School (URN 105560), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 3.5 per place (174 applications for 50 places).

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

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 20262184932.31420.65
Sep 20252605392.11700.65
Sep 20242595452.11820.70
Sep 2023 *2645372.01830.69
Sep 2022 *2504071.61590.64
Sep 2021 *2684061.51600.60
Sep 2020 *2634391.71750.67
Sep 2019 *2594251.61810.70
Sep 2018 *2634421.72170.83
Sep 2017 *2684541.73041.13
Sep 2016 *2573791.52480.96
Sep 2015 *2683351.32230.83
Sep 2014 *2363081.32130.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

272 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.828th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%26th of 31 in Manchester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths51%
  • This school
  • Manchester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.07
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)27238.835%51%–
2024/2525939.732%54%–
2023/2426539.931%49%−0.07
2022/23 *27339.430%51%−0.12

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 converter
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
150009 · 352/4271
Trust
The Dean Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,830 pupils · 1,793 on roll
Free school meals
56.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2023
Replaced
Abraham Moss Community School (URN 105560)
Address
Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5UF
Local authority
Manchester

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