Dyke House Sports and Technology College
Academy sponsor led · 1,293 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.2
Academy sponsor led
Manor Community Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 984of 1,326 places
- Free school meals
- 55.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 185
- Ofsted
- Report card, 11 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Manor College of Technology (URN 111749, until 8 January 2015).
What the data says
Manor Community Academy has no sixth form. Of the 169 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 86% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.9 against 46.1 across England and 42.4 in Hartlepool, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Manor Community 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 Hartlepool and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Manor Community Academy | Hartlepool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 169 | 1,091 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 7% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 86% | 77% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Manor Community Academy | Hartlepool | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.9 | 42.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 60% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 41% | 30% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.23 | 3.66 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 42% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.7 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.2 | 47.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 5% | 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 | 185 | 100% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 185 | 100% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 77% |
| English Literature | 185 | 100% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 83% |
| Combined Science | 157 | 85% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 73% |
| History | 103 | 56% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 61% |
| French | 74 | 40% | 18% | 8% | 29% | 73% |
| Geography | 56 | 30% | 41% | 29% | 25% | 68% |
| Art and Design | 37 | 20% | 7% | 19% | 24% | 86% |
| Biology | 26 | 14% | 23% | 62% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 14% | 23% | 54% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 26 | 14% | 23% | 58% | 46% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 8% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 60% |
| Statistics | 9 | 5% | 5% | 33% | 20% | 56% |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Bengali | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 48 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hartlepool
English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,420 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2
High Tunstall College of Science
Foundation school · 1,399 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3
St Hild's Church of England School
Academy sponsor led · 581 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.0
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.