Secondary
Manchester Communication Academy
Silchester Drive, Harpurhey, Manchester, M40 8NT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1240 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.0
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Trust
- GREATER MANCHESTER ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 96.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 132.6
- Pupils per adult
- 9.5
- Pupils
- 1,261
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
April 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
36%
8 points below the Manchester average (44% across 60 schools)
44.5
2.3 below the Manchester average (46.8 across 60 schools)
31st of 60 by our score, among the secondary schools in Manchester we can score - 78 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.97 |
| Entered the EBacc | 57% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53% |
| 22/23 | 53% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.16 |
| 22/23 | +0.69 |
| 23/24 | +0.15 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.8 |
| 22/23 | 51.3 |
| 23/24 | 44.0 |
| 24/25 | 44.5 |
Silchester Drive, Harpurhey, Manchester, M40 8NT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Manchester admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Susan Watmough
- Address
- Silchester Drive, Harpurhey, Manchester, M40 8NT
- Telephone
- 01612020161