Cedar Mount Academy
Gorton Education Village, 50 Wembley Road, Gorton, M18 7DT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mr Stephen Garvey
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Bright Futures Educational Trust
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 724
- URN
- 138097
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01612487009
About this school
Cedar Mount Academy is a secondary academy in Gorton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 724 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 172 | 163 | 198 |
| Attainment 8 score | 35.8 | 35.0 | 37.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.34 -0.60 to -0.07 | -0.71 -1.00 to -0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 22.7% | 30.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% | 37.4% | 47% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 82% | 77.9% | 78.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
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 Cedar Mount 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 | 35.8 | 42.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35 | 44.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.2 | 43.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 880 |
| 2023/24 | 830 |
| 2024/25 | 820 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cedar Mount Academy compares
Cedar Mount Academy ranked 28th of 30 secondary schools in Manchester for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.2 | 9.4% | 61.5% | 724 | — |
| St Peter's RC High School | 47.4 | 5.6% | 51.5% | 1,013 | 0.9 miles |
| Co-op Academy Belle Vue | — | 6.5% | 62.3% | 946 | 1.0 miles |
| Manchester Enterprise Academy Central | 46.1 | 7% | 53% | 1,049 | 1.2 miles |
| Levenshulme High School | 52.5 | 5.9% | 52.4% | 1,057 | 1.2 miles |
| Reddish Vale High School | 37.7 | 12.1% | 45.5% | 999 | 1.3 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 25 April 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.46%
- English as an additional language
- 64.9%
- Overall absence
- 9.44%
- Persistent absence
- 22.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Peter's RC High School0.9 miles
Secondary
-
Co-op Academy Belle Vue1.0 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central1.2 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Levenshulme High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Reddish Vale High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Stockport
Other schools in Gorton
- Melland High School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Cedar Mount Academy teach?
- Cedar Mount Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Gorton.
- Who is the executive principal of Cedar Mount Academy?
- The executive principal of Cedar Mount Academy is Mr Stephen Garvey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cedar Mount Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cedar Mount 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 big is Cedar Mount Academy?
- Cedar Mount Academy has 724 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Cedar Mount Academy full?
- Cedar Mount Academy has capacity for 900 pupils and 724 on roll (80%), 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 Cedar Mount Academy a faith school?
- No. Cedar Mount Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Cedar Mount Academy a selective school?
- No. Cedar Mount Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Cedar Mount Academy?
- Cedar Mount Academy is part of BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cedar Mount Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 35.8 in 2022/23 and 37.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cedar Mount Academy rank locally?
- Cedar Mount Academy ranked 28th of 30 secondary schools in Manchester for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 31% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cedar Mount Academy's absence rate?
- Cedar Mount Academy's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cedar Mount Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cedar Mount 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.