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Manor Community Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Owton Manor Lane, Hartlepool TS25 3PS · mca.northerneducationtrust.org · 01429 288338
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Hartlepool 42.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hartlepool Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 984
- 74% of 1,326 places
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 55.6%
- First language not English
- 4.8%
- 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: Hartlepool Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 163 families put the school first and 168 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 | 168 | 163 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 190 | 167 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 156 | 146 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 188 | 169 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 201 | 191 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.9, and 49.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hartlepool it was 42.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲49.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲74.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ●40.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.23 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.4 | −1.6 |
| Further education | 75.8 | −4.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5 | +2 |
| Employment | 2.2 | +0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.7 | +2.8 |
| Activity not captured | 5.4 | +1.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Manor Community Academy on 11 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 11 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 111749), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective May 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 111749)
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Positive
- 88%
- Replies
- 20
- 2% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on 3 parents (15%) whose child was bullied
based on 4 parents (20%) with SEND