Manchester Academy is a
coeducational
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secondary school within the English
Academy
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programme, in
Moss Side
Moss Side is an inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the city centre, It had a population of 20,745 at the 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Rusholme and Fallowfield to the east, W ...
,
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
. It is situated on Moss Lane East (B5219), near Denmark Road, with the
University of Manchester
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
, established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univ ...
nearby to the north and the
Whitworth Art Gallery
The Whitworth is an art gallery in Manchester, England, containing about 55,000 items in its collection. The gallery is located in Whitworth Park and is part of the University of Manchester.
In 2015, the Whitworth reopened after it was transfo ...
to the east.
History
The Manchester Central Grammar School for Boys was established on
Whitworth Street
Whitworth Street is a street in Manchester, England. It runs between London Road ( A6) and Oxford Street ( A34). West of Oxford Street it becomes Whitworth Street West, which then goes as far as Deansgate ( A56). It was opened in 1899 and is ...
in 1900.
While the
Central High School for Girls remained at Whitworth Street, the Central High School for Boys moved to Kirkmanshulme Lane in
Longsight
Longsight is an inner city suburb of Manchester, England, located south of the city centre. It is bounded by Ardwick and West Gorton to the north; Levenshulme to the south; and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Victoria Park and Fallowfield to the west ...
in 1958.
It amalgamated with Victoria Park Secondary School to form the Central High School for Boys (as a comprehensive school) in 1967.
It then amalgamated with Ducie Technical College to form the Ducie Central High School for Boys in 1982.
The school moved to
Moss Side
Moss Side is an inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the city centre, It had a population of 20,745 at the 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Rusholme and Fallowfield to the east, W ...
, where new buildings were built at a cost of £5 million (the old site is now occupied by Belle Vue Centre), in September 1995.
Iain Duncan Smith
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visited the school in October 2002. After a £12 million new building had been completed, the school re-opened under the leadership of Dame Kathryn August as the Manchester Academy in September 2003.
Admissions
It is run by
United Learning
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, a subsidiary of the
United Church Schools Trust
The United Church Schools Trust (UCST) is a large education charity in the United Kingdom which owns and operates a group of 12 independent schools. The charity is operating under the name United Learning as of 2012.
History
UCST was founded in ...
. Over half of pupils are entitled to
free school meal
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s and many are from refugee or non-English speaking backgrounds.
Academic performance
In 2009, the
Manchester Evening News
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reported that the school had achieved an 'astounding transformation', with its predecessor once branded 'the worst in the country', it was now rated by
Ofsted, the schools inspectorate, as '
outstanding
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'.
The fact that many pupils come from diverse and often economically impoverished backgrounds led experts to state that pupils at the academy performed much better than they would at most other schools.
Awards
Pupils from the academy won the national Apax – Mosaic Enterprise Challenge 2009/10 Award, with their 'virtual business' having generated profits of over £6.3 million online. Attending a ceremony at Atlantic House, London, in March 2010, they were awarded a trophy and a cheque for £3,000 from
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Having won the regional final of the Debate Mate competition, pupils from the academy competed as national finalists in the 2010 Richard Koch Cup
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