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Burnage Academy for Boys
Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester M19 1ER · burnage.manchester.sch.uk · 0161 432 1527
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Manchester 44.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 2.15 mi
- 3.46 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Category 1 · Manchester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,021
- 94% of 1,086 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 53.3%
- First language not English
- 57.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Category 1” went to a home 2.15 mi (3.46 km) from the school. Source: Manchester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 189 families put the school first and 200 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 200 | 189 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 200 | 183 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 207 | 193 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 193 | 155 | 0.8 | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 176 | 129 | 0.7 | 99% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Category 1 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.15 mi3.46 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.6, and 46.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ●46.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼14.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.99 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 18.5 | −2.4 |
| Sixth form college | 38.2 | +6.6 |
| Further education | 31.2 | −1.4 |
| Other education | 0.6 | −0.5 |
| Employment | 0.6 | −1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4 | −3.5 |
| Activity not captured | 6.9 | +4.2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 31 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Burnage Academy for Boys was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jun 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 38
- 4% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied