Abraham Moss Community School

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester·M8 5UF
Composite score
45.9
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#8,842
National rank
#1263
In North West
#59
In Manchester
Top 60%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
174
any preference, for 50 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Abraham Moss Community School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
142 first choices, 218 places
First choices per place
0.65
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
493
any preference, for 218 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Abraham Moss Community School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Abraham Moss Community School is an all-through school covering ages 3–16, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#2,553
National rank
#332
In North West
#22
In Manchester
Top 80%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
39.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
32%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
54%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.61

School profile

Age range
3–16
Pupils on roll
1,823
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
53.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
83.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,559
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
88%
273 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

Abraham Moss Community School at a glance

Located in Manchester, Abraham Moss Community School is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,823 pupils aged 3 to 16. 58% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 39.7, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Abraham Moss Community School ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 32% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Abraham Moss Community School their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 9.9%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% 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. Abraham Moss Community School 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 above.

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