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Co-op Academy North Manchester
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
300 Victoria Avenue East, Blackley, Manchester M9 7SS · northmanchester.coopacademies.co.uk · 0161 681 1592
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Manchester 44.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.27 mi
- 2.04 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Category 1 · Manchester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,259
- 84% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 48.4%
- First language not English
- 20.9%
- 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 1.27 mi (2.04 km) from the school. Source: Manchester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 248 families put the school first and 225 places were offered; 80% 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 | 225 | 248 | 1.1▲ | 80% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 231 | 250 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 236 | 233 | 1 | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 238 | 199 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 228 | 204 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Category 1 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.27 mi2.04 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.4, and 35.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼35.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.60 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 8.8 | +3.5 |
| Sixth form college | 18.4 | −6.7 |
| Further education | 55.3 | +1.2 |
| Other education | 0.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4 | +3 |
| Employment | 0.4 | −0.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.7 | −3 |
| Activity not captured | 6.6 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 April 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Co-op Academy North Manchester was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 16 Apr 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135905), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135905)
What parents said
62% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 62%
- Replies
- 58
- 5% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (47%) with SEND