Manchester Enterprise Academy Central
About the school
Manchester Enterprise Academy Central is an open secondary school in Manchester.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 9 February 2022
- Published
- 31 March 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 46.1
- Manchester
- 44.8
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Manchester
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 44.00%
- Manchester
- 41.30%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 69.90%
- Manchester
- 61.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 47.20%
- Manchester
- 46.70%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.09
- Manchester
- 4.01
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1056
Girls
40.53%
Boys
59.47%
SEN support
14.30%
Education, health and care plan
5.49%
English as an additional language
68.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
53.03%
Overall absence
7.03
Persistent absence
20.18
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
210
Sustained education or employment
91%
Education
90%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
7%