Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Free schools
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central
- Pupils on roll
- 1,049of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 52.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 216
- Ofsted
- Good, 9 February 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central has no sixth form. Of the 210 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 35% moved to a sixth form college, 35% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 35% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.1 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 210 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 20% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 35% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 35% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.1 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 47% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.09 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 57% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.7 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.2 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 69% | 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 | 217 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 71% |
| English Language | 217 | 100% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 67% |
| English Literature | 214 | 99% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 80% |
| Combined Science | 129 | 60% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 57% |
| Geography | 106 | 49% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 53% |
| History | 85 | 39% | 41% | 36% | 26% | 80% |
| Biology | 80 | 37% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 74% |
| Physics | 60 | 28% | 23% | 28% | 46% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 60 | 28% | 23% | 37% | 47% | 93% |
| Spanish | 53 | 25% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 51% |
| French | 46 | 21% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 63% |
| Design and Technology | 42 | 19% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 62% |
| Religious Studies | 39 | 18% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 74% |
| Photography | 39 | 18% | 6% | 23% | 19% | 85% |
| Art and Design | 37 | 17% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 84% |
| Textiles | 30 | 14% | 2% | 53% | 27% | 93% |
| Media Studies | 26 | 12% | 4% | 8% | 20% | 54% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 9% | 13% | 20% | 30% | 75% |
| Drama | 18 | 8% | 7% | 11% | 27% | 78% |
| Physical Education | 10 | 5% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 50% |
| Arabic | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Urdu | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Bengali | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 45 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 44 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
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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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.