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Abraham Moss Community School

All-through · Manchester · M8 5UF

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Expected standard

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: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 15 September 2026

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At a glance

1,793 pupils · 98% of 1,830 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
56.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
83.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.abrahammoss.co.uk
URN
150009

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 142 families named it first for 218 Year 7 places, 0.65 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 1.17 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 12 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2014 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

50 places offered · 43 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

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

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.65 first-choice applications per place

218 places offered · 142 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.293 miles

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.17 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

57 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
58%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
39.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
54.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
32%
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.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school39.7
Median of its 12 closest peers45
Manchester average46.8
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
Little Ilford SchoolLondon · 166 miles awayGood47.6
Joseph Leckie AcademyWalsall · 66 miles awayExpected standard42.4
Saltley AcademyBirmingham · 73 miles awayGood39.4
Greenford High SchoolSouthall · 158 miles awayExpected standard48.6
Lister Community SchoolLondon · 167 miles awayNo current grade44.1
Co-op Academy GrangeBradford · 26 miles awayRequires improvement29.1
Paddington AcademyLondon · 162 miles awayOutstanding61.6
Harlington SchoolHayes · 158 miles awayGood42.5
Dean Trust ArdwickManchester · 4 miles awayGood46.6
Ark Elvin AcademyLondon · 158 miles awayOutstanding45.9
Harris Academy ChobhamLondon · 165 miles awayOutstanding49.5
The Halifax AcademyHalifax · 20 miles awayGood44.1

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
16 of 16 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 54% (Manchester 19%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 15% (Manchester 9%, England 3%) · Not recorded 5% (Manchester 3%, England 2%) · Black African 5% (Manchester 13%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Manchester 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Manchester 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Manchester 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · White British 2% (Manchester 27%, England 59%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Manchester 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Manchester 4%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Manchester 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

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)
7.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.73 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Manchester: 26.66 suspensions and 0.25 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
17.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 16% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

1.87% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

76% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.2 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 £49,177; 12.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,559
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 75% (78%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 5% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £904,000; in-year balance +£833,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
88%
Continuing in education
87%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier40.3%62.3%
Social housing26.8%17.1%
Privately rented32.9%20.5%
Detached houses6%22.9%
Flats11%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005167 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£195,000207 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£138,500–£265,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£277,500
Semi-detached (76)£254,500
Terraced (97)£181,000
Flat (28)£123,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.88 km, 2024 entry): 767 sales, median £195,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.47 km, 2023 entry): 59 sales, median £220,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
15an 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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