Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Academy sponsor led
Manchester Communication Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,240of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 63.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 262
- Ofsted
- Good, 21 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Manchester Communication Academy has no sixth form. Of the 222 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college and 46% to a further education college.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.5 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 36% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Manchester Communication Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 222 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 13% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 22% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | — | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.5 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 57% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.97 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 62% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.2 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.2 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 52% | 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 | 262 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 63% |
| Mathematics | 262 | 100% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 64% |
| English Literature | 260 | 99% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 71% |
| Combined Science | 221 | 84% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 60% |
| Geography | 152 | 58% | 41% | 13% | 25% | 44% |
| Spanish | 91 | 35% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 64% |
| History | 84 | 32% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 51% |
| French | 56 | 21% | 18% | 14% | 29% | 68% |
| Computer Science | 51 | 19% | 13% | 20% | 30% | 69% |
| Photography | 36 | 14% | 6% | 25% | 19% | 97% |
| Textiles | 34 | 13% | 2% | 18% | 27% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 33 | 13% | 9% | 18% | 28% | 73% |
| Music | 31 | 12% | 5% | 3% | 33% | 42% |
| Biology | 29 | 11% | 23% | 66% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 28 | 11% | 23% | 54% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 28 | 11% | 23% | 50% | 46% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 22 | 8% | 31% | 41% | 32% | 77% |
| 3D Design | 19 | 7% | 2% | 32% | 16% | 95% |
| Graphic Communication | 18 | 7% | 1% | 56% | 23% | 100% |
| Drama | 17 | 6% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| Arabic | 7 | 3% | 1% | 71% | 47% | 86% |
| Italian | 7 | 3% | 0% | 0% | 53% | 86% |
| Persian | 6 | 2% | 0% | 100% | 77% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Urdu | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 70 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 68 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 43 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 1 | — | — |
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.