Abraham Moss Community School
Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5UF
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Abraham Moss Community School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Shakos
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Blackley and Broughton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,830
- Pupils on roll
- 1,822
- URN
- 105560
- Local authority
- Manchester
About this school
Abraham Moss Community School was a community all-through school in Manchester. It taught children aged 3 to 16 and had 1,822 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Abraham Moss Community School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 |
| Writing progress | -1.40 |
| Maths progress | -0.20 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 273 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.12 -0.30 to +0.07 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 30% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 78% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 |
How Abraham Moss Community School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.4% | 45.1% | 1,822 | — |
| Abraham Moss Community School | 39.7 | 8% | 53.5% | 1,793 | 0.0 miles |
| William Hulme's Grammar School | 51.9 | 6.4% | 40.9% | 1,542 | 4.6 miles |
| Bolton St Catherine's Academy | 34.3 | 9.1% | 53.7% | 1,003 | 8.4 miles |
| St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester | — | 5.6% | 45.2% | 413 | 0.2 miles |
| Cravenwood Primary Academy | — | 6.1% | 39.7% | 385 | 0.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.1%
- English as an additional language
- 86.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.4%
- Persistent absence
- 35.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Abraham Moss Community School0.0 miles
All-through · Manchester
-
William Hulme's Grammar School4.6 miles
All-through · Manchester
-
Bolton St Catherine's Academy8.4 miles
All-through · Bolton
-
St Anne's RC Primary School Crumpsall Manchester0.2 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Cravenwood Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
- Abraham Moss Community School All-through
- William Hulme's Grammar School All-through
- Collyhurst Nursery School Nursery
- Martenscroft Nursery School & Children's Centre Nursery
- Sunny Brow Nursery School Nursery
- Abbey Hey Primary Academy Primary
- Abbott Community Primary School Primary
- Acacias Community Primary School Primary
- Acre Hall Primary School Primary
- Aldwyn Primary School Primary
- Alkrington Primary School Primary
- All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Abraham Moss Community School teach?
- Abraham Moss Community School taught children aged 3 to 16. It was an all-through school in Manchester.
- Has Abraham Moss Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Abraham Moss Community School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Abraham Moss Community School?
- Abraham Moss Community School had 1,822 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 16.
- What are Abraham Moss Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abraham Moss Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2023.