Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester
Secondary · Free schools · Girls · Manchester
40 Rayburn Way, Manchester, M8 8DT
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 16/02/2022
Application demand
61%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.7%
10.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
659
Capacity used
Has space82%
800 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
61%
1st preference success rate
138 of 227 families who put it first got an offer
143
Places offered
397
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 227 | 138 | ● 61% |
| 2nd preference | 84 | 4 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 40 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 46 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 397 | 143 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Manchester lets families list 6 preferences. 57 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Kulsum Vali
- Address
- 40 Rayburn Way, Manchester, M8 8DT
- Phone
- 01613297300
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward / constituency
- Cheetham · Manchester Central
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 144745
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 46% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 55% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: STAR ACADEMIES
659 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
12 May 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Exceptional Achievement Exceptional Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Exceptional Attendance and behaviour Exceptional Leadership and governance Exceptional Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Exceptional Post-16 provision Not applicable - 22
16 February 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 658 pupils
Attendance
95.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
10.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
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 | 55.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.02 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 62% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.24 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 64.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 93% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.55 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 129 | — |
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 | 129 | 25% | 66% | 78% | |
| English Language | 129 | 34% | 67% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 129 | 47% | 84% | 91% | |
| Religious Studies | 124 | 59% | 85% | 92% | |
| Combined Science | 105 | 17% | 55% | 66% | |
| Geography | 76 | 25% | 57% | 63% | |
| Urdu | 56 | 75% | 95% | 98% | |
| Social Studies | 55 | 44% | 78% | 91% | |
| History | 48 | 54% | 79% | 83% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 39 | 28% | 67% | 74% | |
| Arabic | 37 | 57% | 70% | 73% | |
| French | 31 | 19% | 39% | 61% |
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.