Abraham Moss Community School
Academy converter · 1,793 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7
Academy special converter
Meade Hill School
- Pupils on roll
- 205of 207 places
- Free school meals
- 77.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 62
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 20 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Meade Hill School (URN 105614, until 1 January 2025).
What the data says
Of the 60 pupils who finished Year 11 at Meade Hill School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 23% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 6.8 against 46.1 across England and 44.8 in Manchester, with 2% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
20% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils 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 | Meade Hill School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 60 | 6,414 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 57% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 52% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 15% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 30% | 13% |
| — further education college | 23% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 28% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 20% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 23% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Meade Hill School | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 6.8 | 44.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 2% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 3% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.31 | 4.01 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 81% | 52% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 6.3 | 39.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 9.1 | 50.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 5% | 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 | 51 | 82% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 4% |
| Mathematics | 51 | 82% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| Art and Design | 22 | 35% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 36% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 7 | 11% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| Combined Science | 1 | 2% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music performance: Group | 1 | — | — |
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
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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.