Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Academy sponsor led
Dixons Brooklands Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 913of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 52.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 201
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 26 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Manchester Health Academy (URN 135875, until 31 December 2021).
What the data says
Dixons Brooklands Academy has no sixth form. Of the 193 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 64% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.1 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 19% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, Dixons Brooklands 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 | Dixons Brooklands Academy | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 193 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 12% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 64% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dixons Brooklands Academy | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.1 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 58% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.23 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 64% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.8 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.1 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 16% | 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 Literature | 198 | 99% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 49% |
| Mathematics | 198 | 99% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 46% |
| English Language | 198 | 99% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 47% |
| Combined Science | 191 | 95% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 39% |
| Spanish | 113 | 56% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 64% |
| Geography | 107 | 53% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 36% |
| Photography | 75 | 37% | 6% | 29% | 19% | 73% |
| Art and Design | 71 | 35% | 7% | 20% | 24% | 86% |
| History | 64 | 32% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 53% |
| Statistics | 22 | 11% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 5% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 10% | 13% | 5% | 30% | 38% |
| 3D Design | 15 | 7% | 2% | 7% | 16% | 73% |
| Arabic | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 0% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 47 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 33 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 26 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 22 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 18 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 16 | — | — |
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.