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Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls

Girls · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · selective (grammar) · IslamManchester, North West · Manchester M20 2PQSchool website
Pupils on roll
264of 234 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
50
Ofsted
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What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls’ Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

76% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE in 2025 (England 45%). Attainment 8 is not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.

Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 14% of the year group, and 28% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolManchesterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)64.344.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths76%41%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths92%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects28%47%41%
EBacc average point score5.524.014.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort52%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language44%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Religious Studies4998%31%71%32%98%
English Language4998%89%53%20%96%
English Literature4998%86%57%21%100%
Mathematics4998%88%37%22%94%
Combined Science2550%65%8%9%92%
Physics2448%23%63%46%100%
Biology2448%23%75%45%100%
Chemistry2448%23%71%47%100%
Psychology1836%3%11%22%89%
Geography1734%41%59%25%100%
History1632%41%69%26%88%
Citizenship Studies1428%3%36%19%100%
Urdu1428%1%86%42%100%
Business Studies1224%18%8%20%83%
Fine Art1020%9%20%28%80%
Arabic816%1%88%47%88%
French714%18%86%29%86%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies16

Other secondary schools in Manchester

Cedar Mount Academy

Academy sponsor led · 724 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.2

CHS South

Free schools · 1,177 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.3

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.