UK Schools
The East Manchester Academy
The East Manchester Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Manchester, Manchester City Council, teaching 1,035 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in March 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.9 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The East Manchester Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The East Manchester Academy.
- 28–29 Staff Training Days (School Closed to Students)
- 1 Autumn Term Starts (Years 7 & 11 start Sep 1; All years back Sep 2)
- 20–31 Autumn Half Term (School Closed to Students)
- 5 Staff Training Day (School Closed to Students)
- 19 Autumn Term Ends
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday (School Closed)
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday (School Closed)
- 1 New Year’s Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 Staff Training Day (School Closed to Students)
- 6 Spring Term Starts
- 16–20 Spring Half Term (School Closed to Students)
- 2 Spring Term Ends
- 3–17 Easter Holiday (School Closed to Students)
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 20 Summer Term Starts
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (School Closed)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (School Closed)
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
- 26–29 Summer Half Term (School Closed to Students)
- 17 Summer Term Ends
- 18–31 Summer Holiday (Approx. six-week break)
- 1–31 Summer Holiday (Approx. six-week break)
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
- 1 Summer Holiday (Approx. six-week break)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Days (School Closed to Students) Aug 28-29, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Starts (Years 7 & 11 start Sep 1; All years back Sep 2) Sep 1, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term (School Closed to Students) Oct 20-31, 2025 Holiday
- Staff Training Day (School Closed to Students) Dec 5, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday (School Closed) Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day (School Closed to Students) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term Starts Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term (School Closed to Students) Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Ends Apr 2, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday (School Closed to Students) Apr 3-17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Starts Apr 20, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday (School Closed) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (School Closed) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term (School Closed to Students) May 26-29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday (Approx. six-week break) Jul 18 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year’s Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The East Manchester Academy with Manchester City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Manchester City Council England
Attendance 20.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Manchester City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 82% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Manchester City Council England
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 The East Manchester 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 The East Manchester 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.