Manchester Communication Academy
Secondary schoolManchester Communication Academy is a secondary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,240 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Manchester Communication Academy was 44.9, against 45.6 in Manchester and 46.2 in England.
42.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 44.9 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42.2% | 44.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62.7% | 62.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 249 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Manchester Communication Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)220 m
- St Augustine's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- St Edmund's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024, before the school changed540 m
- Saviour CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- St Malachy's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023690 m
- Collyhurst Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, January 2025800 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Manchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).