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Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester

Boys · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · MuslimManchester, North West · Manchester M8 8DTTrust: Star AcademiesSchool website
Pupils on roll
664of 800 places
Free school meals
48.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
131
Ofsted
Report card, 20 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing ExceptionalInclusion ExceptionalLeadership and governance ExceptionalPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Of the 120 pupils who finished Year 11 at Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester in 2023, 7% stayed on in Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester’s own sixth form (Manchester average 15%), 30% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 53% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.1 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 67% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

This school
Manchester
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolManchesterEngland
Pupils in the cohort1206,414607,348
Any sustained destination93%89%92%
Stayed in education91%86%86%
— school sixth form7%15%34%
— sixth form college53%30%13%
— further education college30%39%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination6%7%6%
Destination unknown2%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

MeasureThis schoolManchesterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)53.144.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths67%41%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects87%47%41%
EBacc average point score5.094.014.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort52%52%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils50.639.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils55.850.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language74%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language131100%89%27%20%73%
English Literature131100%86%36%21%82%
Mathematics131100%88%34%22%84%
Religious Studies13099%31%36%32%78%
Combined Science11084%65%18%9%67%
Geography6147%41%36%25%72%
French5744%18%14%29%46%
History5542%41%15%26%65%
Urdu3627%1%36%42%92%
Computer Science3023%13%50%30%87%
Arabic2519%1%56%47%68%
Citizenship Studies2519%3%20%19%44%
Chemistry1915%23%58%47%100%
Biology1915%23%74%45%100%
Physics1915%23%42%46%100%
Spanish22%19%27%
Persian11%0%77%
Italian11%0%53%
Physical Education11%11%24%
Turkish11%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction51
Sports Studies21
Small Business Management7
Hospitality / Catering Studies5
Additional Mathematics FSMQ1

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.