Dean Trust Ardwick
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · 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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Dean Trust Ardwick is a secondary school in Manchester for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Manchester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Dean Trust Ardwick 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
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 22 of the 29 other Manchester secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026: 144 first-choice applications for 208 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 64 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, the Attainment 8 score was 46.6 (England 46), while 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
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
- 345 Stockport Road, Ardwick, Manchester, M13 0LF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Council
- Manchester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,329 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 62.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations of all pupils at Dean Trust Ardwick.”
- “They engage positively with the education they receive.”
- “They value the support they receive to help them to follow the school rules.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, some teachers’ knowledge of how best to deliver the curriculum is less well developed.”
- “In these cases, pupils do not make the same gains in what they know and remember as securely as they do elsewhere.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2023 (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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.6 | 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: 144 first-preference applications, 208 offers in total, 144 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 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Manchester Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Manchester Enterprise Academy Central 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The East Manchester Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Trinity CofE High School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cedar Mount Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Levenshulme High School 1.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published