Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Free schools
CHS South
- Pupils on roll
- 1,177of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 47.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 175
- Ofsted
- Good, 10 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
CHS South has no sixth form. Of the 172 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.3 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: 1% 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 | CHS South | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 172 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 15% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 24% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | CHS South | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.3 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 53% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.27 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 53% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.4 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.0 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 29% | 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 | 173 | 99% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 173 | 99% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 76% |
| English Literature | 173 | 99% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 152 | 87% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 60% |
| Spanish | 94 | 54% | 19% | 20% | 27% | 65% |
| History | 92 | 53% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 54% |
| Geography | 63 | 36% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 46% |
| Statistics | 54 | 31% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 57% |
| Religious Studies | 51 | 29% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 80% |
| Photography | 44 | 25% | 6% | 23% | 19% | 80% |
| Art and Design | 43 | 25% | 7% | 21% | 24% | 86% |
| Drama | 41 | 23% | 7% | 24% | 27% | 93% |
| Computer Science | 22 | 13% | 13% | 45% | 30% | 73% |
| Physics | 21 | 12% | 23% | 67% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 12% | 23% | 62% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 21 | 12% | 23% | 57% | 45% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 20 | 11% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 75% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 9% | 11% | 25% | 23% | 100% |
| Arabic | 12 | 7% | 1% | 67% | 47% | 75% |
| Music | 11 | 6% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| Chinese | 6 | 3% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Urdu | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| French | 4 | 2% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 19 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Manchester
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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2
Chorlton High School
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0
Co-op Academy Manchester
Academy sponsor led · 1,554 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.9
Co-op Academy North Manchester
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,259 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4
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.