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Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys

Boys · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · selective (grammar) · IslamManchester, North West · Manchester M16 8NHSchool website
Pupils on roll
145of 250 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
28
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys’ Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 64% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.

82% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE in 2025 (England 45%). Attainment 8 is not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Manchester and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolManchesterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)62.244.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths82%41%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths93%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects39%47%41%
EBacc average point score5.694.014.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort52%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language44%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language2796%89%59%20%100%
Religious Studies2796%31%48%32%96%
Mathematics2796%88%44%22%96%
English Literature2693%86%35%21%100%
Geography1968%41%42%25%95%
Computer Science1968%13%32%30%68%
Biology1864%23%50%45%100%
Chemistry1864%23%67%47%100%
Physics1864%23%50%46%100%
Combined Science932%65%11%9%89%
History829%41%25%26%88%
Spanish621%19%50%27%100%
Arabic621%1%83%47%100%
Urdu311%1%42%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management6
Computer Appreciation / Introduction3

Other secondary schools in Manchester

Cedar Mount Academy

Academy sponsor led · 724 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2

CHS South

Free schools · 1,177 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.