Manchester Enterprise Academy

Academy sponsor led · Secondary school · Wythenshawe, Manchester
M22 9RH
Composite score
46.9

School overview

Manchester Enterprise Academy is a secondary school serving Wythenshawe, Manchester, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. It has 1,186 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 37.5, below the national average of 46. That is down 0.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

28% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 47% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 64% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Manchester Enterprise Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,809
National rank
#369
In North West
#24
In Manchester
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
37.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
28%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
47%
% EBacc grade 5+
15%
EBacc average points score
3.21

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 27/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Urgent improvement
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement
Curriculum and teaching
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met

School profile

Pupils on roll 1,186 % FSM ever-6 64.3% % EAL 16.7% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed

Location

Nearby secondary schools

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