UK Schools
Cedar Mount Academy
Cedar Mount Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Gorton, Manchester City Council, teaching 724 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded achievement as Needs attention at its most recent inspection in January 2026. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 37.2 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Cedar Mount Academy.
Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Cedar Mount Academy.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff INSET Day Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
- Staff INSET Day Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Inset Day
- School re-opens for Year 7 only Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Event
- School re-opens for Year 8–11 Thursday 4th September 2025 Event
- Staff INSET Day Friday 3rd October 2025 Inset Day
- School closes for Half Term Friday 24th October 2025 Holiday
- School re-opens for all year groups Monday 3rd November 2025 Event
- School closes for Christmas Break Friday 19th December 2025 (Half Day – closes 12:30pm) Holiday
- Staff INSET Day Monday 5th January 2026 Inset Day
- School re-opens to all students Tuesday 6th January 2026 Event
- School closes for Half Term Friday 13th February 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens for all students Monday 23rd February 2026 Event
- School closes for Easter Thursday 2nd April 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens to all students Monday 20th April 2026 Event
- School closed for May Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Half Term Friday 22nd May 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens for all students Monday 1st June 2026 Event
- Staff INSET Day Friday 19th June 2026 Inset Day
- School closes for summer – last day of term Tuesday 21st July 2026 Term
- A two-week break between the Autumn and Spring terms Christmas Holiday Holiday
- A two-week break between the Spring and Summer terms Easter Holiday Holiday
- The longest break, lasting about six weeks, from late July to early September Summer Holiday Holiday
- Thursday 1st January 2026 New Year’s Day Event
- Friday 3rd April 2026 (Variable date) Good Friday Event
- Monday 6th April 2026 (Variable date) Easter Monday Event
- Monday 4th May 2026 (First Monday in May) Early May Bank Holiday Event
- Monday 25th May 2026 (Last Monday in May) Spring Bank Holiday Event
- Monday 31st August 2026 (Last Monday in August) Summer Bank Holiday Event
- Friday 25th December 2026 Christmas Day Event
- Saturday 26th December 2026 Boxing Day Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Cedar Mount Academy with Manchester City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 37.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Manchester City Council England
Attendance 22.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Manchester City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 85% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Cedar Mount Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Cedar Mount Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.