Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Academy special converter
Southern Cross School
- Pupils on roll
- 165of 169 places
- Free school meals
- 78.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 30
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 27 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Southern Cross School (URN 105623, until 1 January 2025).
What the data says
Of the 24 pupils who finished Year 11 at Southern Cross School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
25% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 4.8 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 0% 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 none 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 | Southern Cross School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 24 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 67% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 42% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 25% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 25% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Southern Cross School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 4.8 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.16 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 97% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 | 31 | 100% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 3% |
| Mathematics | 31 | 100% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| Art and Design | 10 | 33% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 30% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 6 | 20% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 0% |
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.