Dean Trust Ardwick
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Manchester
345 Stockport Road, Manchester, M13 0LF
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.2%
20.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,329
Capacity used
Over capacity111%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
167 of 167 families who put it first got an offer
259
Places offered
523
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 167 | 167 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 111 | 29 | ● 26% |
| 3rd preference | 114 | 16 | ● 14% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 131 | 14 | ● 11% |
| Total | 523 | 226 | 43% |
1st preference success by year
Manchester lets families list 6 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Steven Worthington
- Address
- 345 Stockport Road, Manchester, M13 0LF
- Phone
- 01619722988
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward / constituency
- Ardwick · Manchester Rusholme
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141884
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 62% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 63% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE DEAN TRUST
1,329 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
12 July 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,420 pupils
Attendance
93.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.12 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 36% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 57% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.90 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 36.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 62.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.21 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 271 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 271 | 16% | 40% | 66% | |
| English Language | 270 | 21% | 56% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 261 | 26% | 61% | 73% | |
| Combined Science | 215 | 7% | 34% | 55% | |
| Geography | 176 | 15% | 44% | 64% | |
| Spanish | 170 | 12% | 33% | 45% | |
| Business | 124 | 9% | 36% | 60% | |
| Art and Design | 87 | 47% | 77% | 90% | |
| History | 75 | 24% | 55% | 64% | |
| Design & Technology | 67 | 16% | 60% | 75% | |
| Biology | 52 | 48% | 98% | 98% | |
| Physics | 52 | 63% | 96% | 98% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Manchester council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.