Burnage Academy for Boys
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B75
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M19 1ER
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Priestnall School
Priestnall Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport, SK4 3HP
Local ranking9th of 14 secondary schools in Stockport
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1275
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 October 2019. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Priestnall School (URN 106133) since 1 September 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 67.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 81.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 245
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1285
- Boys
- 696 (53%)
- Girls
- 616 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1275 (103% full)
- SEND
- 23.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.8%
- EAL
- 12.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 18.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,590/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
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.9% 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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- White British: 75.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.5%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.5%
75.6%
White British
5.5%
Asian Pakistani
3.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Priestnall Road
Stockport, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 149936
- UKPRN
- 10092900
- Establishment No.
- 4032
- Trust
- THE LAURUS TRUST
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