Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Academy special sponsor led
Grange School
- Pupils on roll
- 312of 220 places
- Free school meals
- 69.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 32
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 17 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Grange School (URN 105622, until 30 April 2018).
What the data says
Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at Grange School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Grange School’s own sixth form (Manchester average 15%), 40% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 10% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | Grange School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 10 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 50% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 10% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 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
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
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.