Burnage Academy for Boys
Academy converter · 1,021 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
Academy converter
Abraham Moss Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,793of 1,830 places
- Free school meals
- 56.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 259
- Ofsted
- Not yet inspected under this URN
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Abraham Moss Community School (URN 105560, until 1 September 2023).
What the data says
Abraham Moss Community School has no sixth form. Of the 273 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 40% moved to a sixth form college, 38% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 40% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 100% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.7 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 32% 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 | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 273 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 40% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 38% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.7 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 64% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.61 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 44% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.1 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.5 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 87% | 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 | 261 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 57% |
| English Language | 260 | 100% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 59% |
| Religious Studies | 259 | 100% | 31% | 10% | 32% | 52% |
| English Literature | 256 | 99% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 214 | 83% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 42% |
| Geography | 158 | 61% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 41% |
| History | 67 | 26% | 41% | 13% | 26% | 51% |
| French | 67 | 26% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 40% |
| Spanish | 64 | 25% | 19% | 14% | 27% | 34% |
| Biology | 46 | 18% | 23% | 22% | 45% | 87% |
| Physics | 45 | 17% | 23% | 18% | 46% | 91% |
| Chemistry | 45 | 17% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 91% |
| Arabic | 38 | 15% | 1% | 21% | 47% | 24% |
| Art and Design | 37 | 14% | 7% | 14% | 24% | 78% |
| Design and Technology | 36 | 14% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 58% |
| Physical Education | 34 | 13% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 3% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 10% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 35% |
| Drama | 19 | 7% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 37% |
| German | 19 | 7% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| Urdu | 11 | 4% | 1% | 55% | 42% | 100% |
| Textiles | 9 | 3% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 78% |
| Italian | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Music | 5 | 2% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Persian | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Punjabi | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 0% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 63 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 15 | — | — |
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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.