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Manchester Mesivta School

Secondary · Prestwich · M25 0PH

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Needs attention

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 18 October 2026

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At a glance

233 pupils · 59% of 396 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
11–18
Gender
Boys
Religious character
Jewish
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
2.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.mesivta.co.uk
URN
134195

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 43 families named it first for 41 Year 7 places, 1.05 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 15 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 13.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.05 first-choice applications per place

41 places offered · 43 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

43 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
39.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
62.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
30.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.6
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C-
26.6
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school39.3
Median of its 12 closest peers42.2
Bury average43.3
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Beis Yaakov High SchoolSalford · 1 miles awayRequires improvement49.3
Wensleydale SchoolLeyburn · 58 miles awayExpected standard41.5
Boroughbridge High SchoolYork · 53 miles awayExpected standard43
The Five Islands AcademySt Mary's · 303 miles awayGood48.7
Kirkby Stephen Grammar SchoolKirkby Stephen · 66 miles awayGood47.7
The Rural Enterprise AcademyPenkridge · 57 miles awayInadequate37.6
Queen Elizabeth Studio SchoolWestmorland and Furness · 49 miles awayExpected standard37.8
Maharishi Free SchoolOrmskirk · 21 miles awayGood54.1
Queen Elizabeth High SchoolBromyard · 93 miles awayGood39.7
The Steiner Academy HerefordHereford · 109 miles awayGood51
Tenbury High Ormiston AcademyTenbury Wells · 85 miles awayGood39.9
XP SchoolDoncaster · 48 miles awayGood39.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Bury 63%, England 59%) · Not recorded 14% (Bury 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Bury 4%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
13.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
37%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

24.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bury: 32.62 suspensions and 0.36 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,317; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,742
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 7% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (7%) · supplies and services 11% (10%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 0% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £122; in-year balance -£75,094

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
93%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
0%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
14%
Any sustained destination
18%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.5%62.3%
Social housing12.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.4%20.5%
Detached houses3.7%22.9%
Flats17.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005045 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£305,000499 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£245,500–£370,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (79)£451,000
Semi-detached (233)£320,000
Terraced (125)£272,500
Flat (62)£160,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
22an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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