Co-op Academy North Manchester
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M9 7SS
- Distance
- 1.2km away
St Matthew's RC High School
Nuthurst Road, Moston, Manchester, M40 0EW
Local ranking26th of 32 secondary schools in Manchester
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 15 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 275
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1324
- Boys
- 692 (52%)
- Girls
- 635 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (98% full)
- SEND
- 17.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 59.2%
- EAL
- 27.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 14.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,498/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
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 38.6%
- Black African: 27.4%
- Black Other: 8.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
38.6%
White British
27.4%
Black African
8.7%
Black Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 148389
- UKPRN
- 10087550
- Establishment No.
- 4015
- Trust
- EMMAUS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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