# Manchester Enterprise Academy Central

Manchester Enterprise Academy Central is a secondary school in Manchester, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,049 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E144755. [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,049
- Council: Manchester
- URN: 144755

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 7 July 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Manchester Enterprise Academy Central was 47.3, against 45.6 in Manchester and 46.2 in England.
48.5% 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 | 47.3 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48.5% | 44.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 62.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 206 | – | – |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Birchfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birchfields-primary-school-e130380): 140 m. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Manchester Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-manchester-grammar-school-e105591): 530 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Longsight Community Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longsight-community-primary-e139790): 680 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Cringle Brook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cringle-brook-primary-school-e140692): 680 m. Primary. School remains Outstanding, January 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Manchester Vocational and Learning Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/manchester-vocational-and-learning-academy-e142224): 720 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-james-cofe-primary-school-birch-in-rusholme-e105508): 840 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144755)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144755)

## How to cite

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