The East Manchester Academy
- Secondary
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages 11 to 16
URN 144494 · Manchester · GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
Inspection
Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.
Latest full inspection
18 March 2025- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
From September 2024 until report cards began, full inspections gave key judgements but no overall grade.
Earlier graded inspection
11 January 2023Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Schools into Special Measures Visit 3
Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.
Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.
Attendance
Against Manchester and England, secondary schools.
Overall absence
2024/257.8%
- Manchester
- 8.1%
- England
- 8.4%
0.6 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 6.1% | 5.2% | 5.5% |
| 2018/19 | 6.3% | 5.3% | 5.5% |
| 2020/21 | 6.0% | 5.5% | 5.5% |
| 2021/22 | 8.9% | 7.8% | 9.0% |
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 8.6% | 9.0% |
| 2023/24 | 9.0% | 8.5% | 8.9% |
| 2024/25 | 7.8% | 8.1% | 8.4% |
Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Persistent absence
2024/2520.6%
- Manchester
- 21.6%
- England
- 23.4%
2.8 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 18.9% | 13.1% | 13.9% |
| 2018/19 | 18.2% | 13.0% | 13.7% |
| 2020/21 | 16.5% | 15.0% | 14.8% |
| 2021/22 | 26.7% | 23.7% | 27.7% |
| 2022/23 | 27.7% | 24.9% | 26.5% |
| 2023/24 | 22.8% | 23.8% | 25.6% |
| 2024/25 | 20.6% | 21.6% | 23.4% |
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Severe absence
2024/254.1%
- Manchester
- 3.8%
- England
- 3.9%
0.2 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| 2018/19 | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.3% |
| 2020/21 | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| 2021/22 | 3.6% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 4.0% | 3.8% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.
Suspensions and permanent exclusions
Against Manchester and England, secondary schools.
Suspensions per 100 pupils
2024/2518.04
- Manchester
- 26.66
- England
- 21.24
3.20 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 42.51 | 12.75 | 10.13 |
| 2018/19 | 28.45 | 16.74 | 10.75 |
| 2019/20 | 23.03 | 11.23 | 7.43 |
| 2020/21 | 14.65 | 10.14 | 8.48 |
| 2021/22 | 23.92 | 18.81 | 13.96 |
| 2022/23 | 22.73 | 28.01 | 18.90 |
| 2023/24 | 27.83 | 28.54 | 22.61 |
| 2024/25 | 18.04 | 26.66 | 21.24 |
Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
2024/250.39
- Manchester
- 0.25
- England
- 0.23
0.16 higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 0.53 | 0.33 | 0.20 |
| 2018/19 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| 2019/20 | 0.51 | 0.15 | 0.13 |
| 2020/21 | 0.41 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| 2021/22 | 0.61 | 0.17 | 0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 0.59 | 0.23 | 0.22 |
| 2023/24 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.25 |
| 2024/25 | 0.39 | 0.25 | 0.23 |
Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.
Key stage 4 results
Against Manchester and England, secondary schools.
Attainment 8
2025/26 (provisional)46.2
- Manchester
- 47.0
- England
- 47.4
1.2 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 47.8 | 49.8 |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 46.2 | 47.2 |
| 2023/24 | 40.1 | 46.0 | 46.9 |
| 2024/25 | 41.9 | 46.5 | 47.1 |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 46.2 | 47.0 | 47.4 |
The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 4 or above
2025/26 (provisional)56%
- Manchester
- 64%
- England
- 66%
10 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 66% | 70% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 63% | 67% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 63% | 67% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 64% | 66% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 56% | 64% | 66% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
English and maths: grade 5 or above
2025/26 (provisional)37%
- Manchester
- 46%
- England
- 48%
11 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Not published | 47% | 51% |
| 2022/23 | Not published | 43% | 46% |
| 2023/24 | 27% | 43% | 47% |
| 2024/25 | 25% | 43% | 47% |
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 37% | 46% | 48% |
Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.
Pupils
Against Manchester and England, secondary schools.
Eligible for free school meals
2024/2560.8%
- Manchester
- 46.7%
- England
- 25.8%
35.0 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 67.0% | 40.1% | 20.9% |
| 2022/23 | 65.9% | 42.4% | 22.7% |
| 2023/24 | 63.6% | 43.9% | 24.1% |
| 2024/25 | 60.8% | 46.7% | 25.8% |
Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
SEN support
2024/2522.0%
- Manchester
- 14.9%
- England
- 13.4%
8.6 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 22.3% | 14.7% | 11.9% |
| 2022/23 | 23.0% | 14.3% | 12.4% |
| 2023/24 | 19.2% | 13.9% | 12.9% |
| 2024/25 | 22.0% | 14.9% | 13.4% |
Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Education, health and care plan
2024/253.0%
- Manchester
- 4.1%
- England
- 3.1%
0.1 percentage points lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 1.9% | 2.5% | 2.2% |
| 2022/23 | 2.2% | 3.0% | 2.4% |
| 2023/24 | 2.9% | 3.7% | 2.7% |
| 2024/25 | 3.0% | 4.1% | 3.1% |
Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
First language other than English
2024/2546.8%
- Manchester
- 44.3%
- England
- 19.2%
27.6 percentage points higher than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 43.7% | 43.2% | 17.5% |
| 2022/23 | 46.0% | 43.8% | 18.1% |
| 2023/24 | 47.2% | 44.5% | 18.6% |
| 2024/25 | 46.8% | 44.3% | 19.2% |
Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.
Teachers
Against Manchester and England, secondary schools.
Pupils per qualified teacher
2025/2616.2
- Manchester
- 15.7
- England
- 17.3
1.1 lower than England.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 16.5 |
| 2018/19 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 16.8 |
| 2019/20 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 17.2 |
| 2020/21 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 17.1 |
| 2021/22 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 17.1 |
| 2022/23 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 17.2 |
| 2023/24 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 17.4 |
| 2024/25 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 17.3 |
| 2025/26 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 17.3 |
Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.
Teacher sickness absence
2024/254.1 days
- Manchester
- 5.3 days
- England
- 5.0 days
0.9 days lower than England.
Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.
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| Year | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 5.1 days | 4.5 days | 4.0 days |
| 2018/19 | 7.4 days | 4.8 days | 4.0 days |
| 2019/20 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2020/21 | 8.4 days | 4.3 days | 3.9 days |
| 2021/22 | 8.7 days | 6.3 days | 6.3 days |
| 2022/23 | 3.5 days | 5.7 days | 5.2 days |
| 2023/24 | 5.1 days | 6.0 days | 5.3 days |
| 2024/25 | 4.1 days | 5.3 days | 5.0 days |
Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.
Finance
Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.
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About the school
- Pupils on roll
- 1,035
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GREATER MANCHESTER EDUCATION TRUST
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Constituency
- Manchester Central
- Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
- Decile 1 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)
Address: 60 Grey Mare Lane, Beswick, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M11 3DS
Website: theeastmanchesteracademy.co.uk
Telephone: 01612308039
Sources and corrections
Every figure on this page names its source and period. This release was built on 20 October 2026.
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools: establishment data (GIAS establishment extract 2026-10-20)
- Ofsted: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (Latest inspections as at 2026-09-30; All inspections, 2018/19; All inspections, 2019/20; All inspections, 2020/21; All inspections, 2021/22; All inspections, 2022/23; All inspections, 2023/24; All inspections, 2024/25; All inspections, 2025/26)
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Pupil absence in schools in England (absence-3term-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England (exc-school, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-school, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-geography, 2006/07 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; exc-ap-geography, 2013/14 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 2 attainment (ks2-school, 2022/23 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; ks2-geography, 2015/16 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Key stage 4 performance (ks4-school, 2023/24 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ks4-geography, 2018/19 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id])
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: Schools, pupils and their characteristics (School census, January 2022 (performance tables, 2021 to 2022); School census, January 2023 (performance tables, 2022 to 2023); School census, January 2024 (performance tables, 2023 to 2024); School census, January 2025 (performance tables, 2024 to 2025))
- Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics: School workforce in England (ptr-school, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; ptr-geography, 2010/11 to 2025/26 [pinned data set id]; sickness-school, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id]; sickness-geography, 2009/10 to 2024/25 [pinned data set id])
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English indices of deprivation 2025: Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (English indices of deprivation 2025, File 7 (2021 LSOAs))
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