Cedar Mount Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Gorton, Manchester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Manchester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Cedar Mount Academy is a secondary school in Gorton, Manchester for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Cedar Mount Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 37.2 (England 46).
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 47 first-choice applications for 99 offers: 0.5 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 30 Manchester secondary schools.
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, and 52 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 63.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 54.6% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Manchester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Manchester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gorton Education Village, 50 Wembley Road, Gorton, M18 7DT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 724 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are pleased with the changes that leaders have recently made.”
- “They appreciate that leaders’ work to improve behaviour has helped to create calm and purposeful lessons.”
- “Pupils speak positively about what the school now offers, from their learning to the range of enrichment activities.”
To improve
- “However, the support in place to reduce barriers to learning remains inconsistent.”
- “Leaders’ work to ensure that this is the case for all pupils is ongoing.”
- “Even so, variability in the quality of teaching means that pupils do not learn as well as they should across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 47 first-preference applications, 99 offers in total, 47 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Manchester.
- St Peter's RC High School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Manchester Enterprise Academy Central 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Levenshulme High School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Wright Robinson College 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Trust Ardwick 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnage Academy for Boys 2.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- The East Manchester Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published