Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Academy sponsor led
The East Manchester Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,035of 1,100 places
- Free school meals
- 63.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 212
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 18 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The East Manchester Academy (URN 136089, until 1 September 2016).
What the data says
The East Manchester Academy has no sixth form. Of the 193 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 20% moved to a sixth form college, 54% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.9 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 25% 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 | The East Manchester Academy | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 193 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 82% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 20% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The East Manchester Academy | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.9 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 27% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.43 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 65% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.3 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.6 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 55% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 212 | 100% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 49% |
| Mathematics | 212 | 100% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 48% |
| English Literature | 211 | 100% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 193 | 91% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 40% |
| Geography | 99 | 47% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 36% |
| History | 79 | 37% | 41% | 20% | 26% | 54% |
| Spanish | 78 | 37% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 67% |
| Photography | 54 | 25% | 6% | 17% | 19% | 85% |
| Sociology | 37 | 17% | 4% | 5% | 21% | 65% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 14% | 13% | 28% | 30% | 76% |
| Religious Studies | 23 | 11% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 78% |
| Biology | 18 | 8% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 8% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 17 | 8% | 23% | 47% | 46% | 94% |
| Arabic | 14 | 7% | 1% | 29% | 47% | 64% |
| Portuguese | 8 | 4% | 0% | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| Chinese | 8 | 4% | 1% | 75% | 75% | 88% |
| Italian | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Statistics | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Punjabi | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Bengali | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| French | 1 | 0% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 83 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 62 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 45 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 43 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 39 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 16 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Manchester
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Chorlton High School
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CHS South
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Co-op Academy Manchester
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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.