Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Academy sponsor led
Co-op Academy North Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,259of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 48.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 237
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 17 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Manchester Creative and Media Academy (URN 135905, until 1 March 2016).
What the data says
Of the 202 pupils who finished Year 11 at Co-op Academy North Manchester in 2023, 9% stayed on in Co-op Academy North Manchester’s own sixth form (Manchester average 15%), 54% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.4 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%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish and French add up to 16% of the year group, and 19% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 202 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 9% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 22% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 4% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.4 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.60 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 58% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.1 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.3 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 33% | 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 | 235 | 99% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 60% |
| Mathematics | 235 | 99% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 61% |
| English Literature | 234 | 99% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 203 | 86% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 48% |
| History | 123 | 52% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 52% |
| Geography | 93 | 39% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 52% |
| Art and Design | 70 | 30% | 7% | 11% | 24% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 12% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 66% |
| Business Studies | 29 | 12% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 62% |
| Citizenship Studies | 29 | 12% | 3% | 14% | 19% | 66% |
| Physics | 26 | 11% | 23% | 31% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 11% | 23% | 38% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 26 | 11% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 100% |
| Sociology | 22 | 9% | 4% | 32% | 21% | 68% |
| Spanish | 21 | 9% | 19% | 76% | 27% | 95% |
| Drama | 20 | 8% | 7% | 15% | 27% | 55% |
| French | 18 | 8% | 18% | 28% | 29% | 78% |
| Music | 18 | 8% | 5% | 39% | 33% | 72% |
| Design and Technology | 10 | 4% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 20% |
| Religious Studies | 10 | 4% | 31% | 40% | 32% | 80% |
| Dance | 7 | 3% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| Statistics | 6 | 3% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Arabic | 5 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Urdu | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 75 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 64 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 56 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Tourism | 26 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 25 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 20 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Manchester
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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
Cedar Mount Academy
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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.