Priestnall School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stockport, SK4 3HP
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Burnage Academy for Boys
Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1ER
Local ranking3rd of 32 secondary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1086
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 31 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 76.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 180
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 983
- Boys
- 1021 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1086 (94% full)
- SEND
- 13.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 53.0%
- EAL
- 60.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 10.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,348/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 59.2%
- Other: 14.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 6.7%
- Asian Other: 3.6%
- Black African: 3.2%
- White British: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
59.2%
Asian Pakistani
14.2%
Other
6.7%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Burnage Lane
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 140703
- UKPRN
- 10045648
- Establishment No.
- 4256
- Trust
- BURNAGE ACADEMY FOR BOYS
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