Cedar Mount Academy

State-Funded School

cedar-mount-academy-manchester-north-west

North WestRegion

ManchesterLocal Authority

Gorton and DentonConstituency

M18 7DTPostcode

0.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Cedar Mount Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Manchester, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 724 pupils. Cedar Mount Academy is part of Bright Futures Educational Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 22 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 37.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 30.8%
EBacc average point score: 3.63

Ethnicity

White

23%

Asian

32%

Black

19%

Mixed

11%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

13%

Unclassified

Pupils

724

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

64%

England average

27%

First language not English

71%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 724
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Bright Futures Educational Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Jun 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
6 Feb 2020	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.