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Dean Trust Ardwick
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
345 Stockport Road, Ardwick, Manchester M13 0LF · deantrustardwick.co.uk · 0161 972 2988
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.6
- 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
- 1,329
- 129 over 1,200 places · 111%
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 62.1%
- First language not English
- 66.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Dean Trust
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, 144 families put the school first and 208 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 | 208 | 144 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 259 | 167 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 263 | 202 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 262 | 244 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 264 | 239 | 0.9 | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.6, and 36.9% 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 | ||
| ▼36.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲62.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.21 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 21.5 | −3.2 |
| Sixth form college | 28.9 | −0.4 |
| Further education | 34.7 | +2.5 |
| Other education | 0.4 | −0.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | +0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.2 | −0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 6.6 | +4.1 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 July 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Dean Trust Ardwick was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jul 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (65 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 65
- 5% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 100% who had a child bullied