Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester

Term dates

Free schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Manchester council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Manchester's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Muslim school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 226 families put this school as their first choice, and 137 places were offered. 134 of the families who put it first got a place (59%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 20 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Exceptional

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Achievement

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Exceptional

Leadership and governance

Exceptional

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 23 November 2021. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Free school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

664 (capacity 800)

Gender

Boys

Religious character

Muslim

Academy trust

STAR ACADEMIES

Phone

01613297301

Address

38 Rayburn Way, Manchester, M8 8DT

Website

edenboysmanchester.com

Official school record, including Ofsted reports