Burnage Academy for Boys
Secondary · Academy converter · Boys · Manchester
Burnage Lane, Manchester, M19 1ER
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
86%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.0%
23.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,021
Capacity used
Nearly full94%
1,086 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
86%
1st preference success rate
157 of 183 families who put it first got an offer
200
Places offered
463
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 183 | 157 | ● 86% |
| 2nd preference | 104 | 26 | ● 25% |
| 3rd preference | 72 | 6 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 104 | 11 | ● 11% |
| Total | 463 | 200 | 43% |
1st preference success by year
Manchester lets families list 6 preferences. 47 applications came from outside the council area (13 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Karl Harrison
- Address
- Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1ER
- Phone
- 01614321527
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward / constituency
- Burnage · Gorton and Denton
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140703
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 53% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 65% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: BURNAGE ACADEMY FOR BOYS
1,021 pupils · 1,086 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
31 January 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,033 pupils
Attendance
92.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.85 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 75% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.55 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 14.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.99 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 175 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 175 | 15% | 41% | 62% | |
| Mathematics | 173 | 27% | 53% | 71% | |
| English Literature | 164 | 23% | 57% | 76% | |
| Combined Science | 116 | 15% | 35% | 52% | |
| Biology | 47 | 40% | 83% | 94% | |
| Business | 46 | 24% | 61% | 72% | |
| Geography | 45 | 40% | 67% | 73% | |
| History | 44 | 18% | 45% | 61% | |
| Physics | 44 | 48% | 93% | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 44 | 50% | 93% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 41 | 20% | 41% | 59% | |
| Design & Technology | 41 | 5% | 59% | 76% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Manchester council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.