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Co-op Academy Manchester
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Plant Hill Road, Higher Blackley, Manchester M9 0WQ · manchester.coopacademies.co.uk · 0161 795 3005
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Manchester 44.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Manchester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,554
- 94% of 1,650 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 52.8%
- First language not English
- 40.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Manchester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 177 families put the school first and 247 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 247 | 177 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 286 | 167 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 318 | 203 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 326 | 259 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 323 | 290 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.9, and 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Manchester it was 44.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼57.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼21.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.79 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.7 | −2.4 |
| Sixth form college | 23.7 | −0.6 |
| Further education | 50.3 | −4.1 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | −0.5 |
| Employment | 1.3 | −0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.9 | +6.8 |
| Activity not captured | 4.4 | +0.7 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2016/17 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| A level | 5 | — | -0.12 |
| All academic | 5 | — | -0.12 |
| Applied general | 9 | — | -0.45 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2016/17 | |
|---|---|
| University | 15 |
| Further education | 23 |
| Apprenticeship | 23 |
| Employment | 31 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Co-op Academy Manchester was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Feb 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
34% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (189 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 34%
- Replies
- 189
- 12% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on the 55% who had a child bullied
based on 72 parents (38%) with SEND