Co-op Academy North Manchester
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Manchester
300 Victoria Avenue East, Manchester, M9 7SS
55
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
88.6%
32.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,259
Capacity used
Has space84%
1,500 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
211 of 250 families who put it first got an offer
231
Places offered
595
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 250 | 211 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 137 | 17 | ● 12% |
| 3rd preference | 129 | 2 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 79 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 595 | 231 | 39% |
1st preference success by year
Manchester lets families list 6 preferences. 25 applications came from outside the council area (7 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Tabitha Sloper-Russell
- Address
- 300 Victoria Avenue East, Blackley, Manchester, M9 7SS
- Phone
- 01616811592
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward / constituency
- Charlestown · Blackley and Middleton South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 142762
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 27% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST
1,259 pupils · 1,500 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
17 April 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,324 pupils
Attendance
88.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
32.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.3%
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 | 38.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.25 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 28% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 35.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 56.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 18.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 237 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 235 | 16% | 44% | 61% | |
| English Language | 235 | 14% | 43% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 234 | 18% | 46% | 68% | |
| Combined Science | 203 | 9% | 31% | 48% | |
| History | 123 | 21% | 43% | 52% | |
| Geography | 93 | 9% | 34% | 52% | |
| Art and Design | 70 | 11% | 49% | 71% | |
| Social Studies | 51 | 22% | 61% | 67% | |
| Business | 29 | 17% | 55% | 62% | |
| Computer Science | 29 | 17% | 34% | 66% | |
| Biology | 26 | 27% | 85% | 100% | |
| Physics | 26 | 31% | 88% | 100% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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.