Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Academy sponsor led
Dean Trust Ardwick
- Pupils on roll
- 1,329of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 62.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 271
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 12 July 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Dean Trust Ardwick has no sixth form. Of the 234 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 63% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.6 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dean Trust Ardwick | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 234 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 24% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dean Trust Ardwick | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.6 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 62% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.21 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 53% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.5 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.2 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 47% | 44% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 271 | 100% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 66% |
| English Language | 270 | 100% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 70% |
| English Literature | 261 | 96% | 86% | 26% | 21% | 73% |
| Combined Science | 215 | 79% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 55% |
| Geography | 176 | 65% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 64% |
| Spanish | 170 | 63% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 45% |
| Business Studies | 124 | 46% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 60% |
| History | 75 | 28% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 64% |
| Design and Technology | 67 | 25% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 75% |
| Biology | 52 | 19% | 23% | 48% | 45% | 98% |
| Chemistry | 52 | 19% | 23% | 71% | 47% | 98% |
| Physics | 52 | 19% | 23% | 63% | 46% | 98% |
| Art and Design | 50 | 18% | 7% | 52% | 24% | 92% |
| Computer Science | 48 | 18% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 42% |
| Photography | 37 | 14% | 6% | 41% | 19% | 86% |
| Religious Studies | 22 | 8% | 31% | 27% | 32% | 77% |
| Arabic | 13 | 5% | 1% | 77% | 47% | 100% |
| Statistics | 12 | 4% | 5% | 67% | 20% | 100% |
| Urdu | 7 | 3% | 1% | 86% | 42% | 100% |
| Chinese | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Persian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| French | 2 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 32 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 22 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Tourism | 18 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
Where Dean Trust Ardwick is
Other secondary schools in Manchester are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Manchester’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Manchester
Burnage Academy for Boys
Academy converter · 1,021 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
Cedar Mount Academy
Academy sponsor led · 724 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2
Chorlton High School
Academy converter · 1,532 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0
CHS South
Free schools · 1,177 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3
Co-op Academy Manchester
Academy sponsor led · 1,554 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
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.