Manchester Enterprise Academy
Simonsway, Wythenshawe, M22 9RH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Kyra Jones
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Prospere Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,270
- Pupils on roll
- 1,145
- URN
- 135874
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01614992726
About this school
Manchester Enterprise Academy is a secondary academy in Wythenshawe. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,145 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Manchester Enterprise Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 246 | 234 | 225 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.9 | 38.1 | 37.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.99 -1.17 to -0.81 | -0.69 -0.88 to -0.50 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 27.8% | 27.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 43% | 55.1% | 47.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 48% | 36.3% | 41.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Manchester Enterprise Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Manchester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35.9 | 42.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.1 | 44.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.5 | 43.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 15.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,274 |
| 2023/24 | 1,247 |
| 2024/25 | 1,186 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Manchester Enterprise Academy compares
Manchester Enterprise Academy ranked 27th of 30 secondary schools in Manchester for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.5 | 15.6% | 64.3% | 1,145 | — |
| Saint Paul's Catholic High School | 33.3 | 9.9% | 56.2% | 933 | 0.4 miles |
| Dixons Newall Green Academy | — | 10.2% | 60.3% | 364 | 0.8 miles |
| Dixons Brooklands Academy | 36.1 | 16.6% | 56.4% | 913 | 1.8 miles |
| The Kingsway School | 46.5 | 8.9% | 26.5% | 1,260 | 1.9 miles |
| Saint Ambrose College | 76.2 | 4.1% | 8% | 1,096 | 2.1 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.33%
- English as an additional language
- 16.7%
- Overall absence
- 15.55%
- Persistent absence
- 40.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Saint Paul's Catholic High School0.4 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Dixons Newall Green Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Dixons Brooklands Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
The Kingsway School1.9 miles
Secondary · Cheadle
-
Saint Ambrose College2.1 miles
Secondary · Altrincham
Common questions
- What ages does Manchester Enterprise Academy teach?
- Manchester Enterprise Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Wythenshawe.
- Who is the principal of Manchester Enterprise Academy?
- The principal of Manchester Enterprise Academy is Mrs Kyra Jones, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Manchester Enterprise Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Manchester Enterprise Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Manchester Enterprise Academy?
- Manchester Enterprise Academy has 1,145 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Manchester Enterprise Academy full?
- Manchester Enterprise Academy has capacity for 1,270 pupils and 1,145 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Manchester Enterprise Academy a faith school?
- No. Manchester Enterprise Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Manchester Enterprise Academy a selective school?
- No. Manchester Enterprise Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Manchester Enterprise Academy part of an academy trust?
- Manchester Enterprise Academy is part of PROSPERE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Manchester Enterprise Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.9 in 2022/23 and 37.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Manchester Enterprise Academy compare with other schools in Manchester?
- Manchester Enterprise Academy ranked 27th of 30 secondary schools in Manchester for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Manchester Enterprise Academy's absence rate?
- Manchester Enterprise Academy's overall absence rate is 15.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Manchester Enterprise Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Manchester Enterprise Academy'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 1 July 2026.