Manchester Academy is a

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secondary school within the English

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programme, in

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. It is situated on Moss Lane East (B5219), near Denmark Road, with the

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nearby to the north and the

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to the east.

History

The Manchester Central Grammar School for Boys was established on

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in 1900. While the Central High School for Girls remained at Whitworth Street, the Central High School for Boys moved to Kirkmanshulme Lane in

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in 1958. It amalgamated with Victoria Park Secondary School to form the Central High School for Boys (as a comprehensive school) in 1967. It then amalgamated with Ducie Technical College to form the Ducie Central High School for Boys in 1982. The school moved to

, where new buildings were built at a cost of £5 million (the old site is now occupied by Belle Vue Centre), in September 1995.

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visited the school in October 2002. After a £12 million new building had been completed, the school re-opened under the leadership of Dame Kathryn August as the Manchester Academy in September 2003.

Admissions

It is run by

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, a subsidiary of the

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. Over half of pupils are entitled to

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s and many are from refugee or non-English speaking backgrounds.

Academic performance

In 2009, the

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reported that the school had achieved an 'astounding transformation', with its predecessor once branded 'the worst in the country', it was now rated by Ofsted, the schools inspectorate, as '

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'. The fact that many pupils come from diverse and often economically impoverished backgrounds led experts to state that pupils at the academy performed much better than they would at most other schools.

Awards

Pupils from the academy won the national Apax – Mosaic Enterprise Challenge 2009/10 Award, with their 'virtual business' having generated profits of over £6.3 million online. Attending a ceremony at Atlantic House, London, in March 2010, they were awarded a trophy and a cheque for £3,000 from

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Dragon's Den and

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presenter Evan Davis and Khawar Mann of

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. Having won the regional final of the Debate Mate competition, pupils from the academy competed as national finalists in the 2010 Richard Koch Cup

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Final, chaired by

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at the

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Notable alumni

Central Grammar School for Boys

* Sir John Alcock, first flight across the Atlantic * Prof.

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, Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1939 to 1960 at the University of Manchester *

Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, (14 October 1923 – 1 November 2014) was a Labour Party politician. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the late 1970s, he devised the Barnett Formula that allocates public spending in Scotland, Wales and Norther ...

, Labour MP from 1964 to 1983 for Heywood and Royton * James Bingham, chairman from 1980 to 1981 of

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* Prof. Eric Boyland, Professor of Biochemistry from 1948 to 1970 at the

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, London and expert on molecular toxicology *Prof. Frank W. Cambray, professor and chairman, Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, USA * Sir George Cartland CMG * Sir

James Chadwick Sir James Chadwick, (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which insp ...

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in 1935 for discovering the

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* Sir

Alcon Copisarow Sir Alcon Charles Copisarow (25 June 1920 – 2 August 2017) was a British civil servant and management consultant who was the British government's chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Technology during the Harold Wilson government. Early ...

, Chief Scientific Officer from 1962–64 to the Ministry of Technology * Prof

William Alexander Deer William Alexander (Alex) Deer FRS (26 October 1910 – 8 February 2009) was a distinguished British geologist, petrologist and mineralogist. Biography Alex Deer was born in Rusholme, Manchester, the son of William Deer. He attended Manchester C ...

, Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1971 to 1973, Master from 1966 to 1975 of

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, and Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology from 1961 to 1978 *

Robert Donat Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's '' The 39 Steps'' (1935) and '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for ...

, actor who won the

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in 1939 * Sir William Downward, Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester from 1974 to 1987 *

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, Professor of English Law from 1924 to 1960 at the

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* Prof.

Robert Geoffrey Edwards Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards (27 September 1925 – 10 April 2013) was a British physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in particular. Along with obstetrician and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe ...

CBE, Professor of Human Reproduction from 1985 to 1989 at the

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Nobel Prize for Medicine and inventor, with Patrick Christopher Steptoe, of

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(IVF) in 1978 *

Georg Eisler Georg Eisler (20 April 1928, Vienna – 15 January 1998, Vienna) was an Austrian painter from the school of Oskar Kokoschka. His father Hanns Eisler was a composer and his mother Charlotte Eisler, née Demant a well-known singer and music teacher ...

, painter *

Denis Filer Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris * Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure * Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary * Denis the Carthusian (1402–14 ...

CBE, President from 2000 to 2001 of the

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, and Director General from 1988 to 1995 of the

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* Rt Rev

George Kenneth Giggall George Kenneth Giggall (15 April 1913 – 23 September 1999) was an Anglican bishop. Biography Giggall was born on 15 April 1913 and educated at Manchester University. After a period of study at St Chad's College, Durham. He was ordained dea ...

OBE,

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from 1973 to 1979, and Royal Navy chaplain * Prof. Edward Gregson, composer and Principal from 1996 to 2008 of the

Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music educatio ...

* Sir

Henry Hardman Sir Henry Hardman, KCB (15 December 1905 – 17 January 2001) was an English civil servant and, briefly, an academic economist. Early life Hardman was born in December 1905, the son of Harry Hardman of Old Trafford, Manchester, and Bertha Cook ...

CB,

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from 1963 to 1964 at the

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* Frank Hatton, local Labour MP from 1973 to 1974 for Manchester Exchange, and from 1974 to 1978 for Manchester Moss Side * Rabbi Louis Jacobs CBE * Prof. William Johnson, Professor of Mechanics from 1975 to 1982 at the

, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1960 to 1975 at the University of Manchester * Sir Leslie Kirkley CBE, Director from 1961 to 1974 of

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, and largely responsible for it, and chairman from 1977 to 1981 of the

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Arthur Knowles Arthur Knowles (10 April 1858 – 10 July 1929) was an English industrialist and cricketer, active from 1888 to 1896, who played for Lancashire. He was born in Manchester and died in Cheshire. He appeared in five first-class matches as a right-ha ...

CBE, Secretary General from 1946 to 1956 of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce * Kenneth Marks, Labour MP from 1967 to 1983 for

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* Cecil Melling CBE, President from 1962 to 1963 of the IEE * Vivian Pereira-Mendoza, Director from 1970 to 1980 of the Polytechnic of the South Bank, and Principal from 1966 to 1970 of the Borough Polytechnic (its predecessor) * Sir

Derek Roberts Sir Derek Harry Roberts, (28 March 1932 – 17 February 2021) was an English engineer who twice served as provost of University College London (UCL), from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2003.‘ROBERTS, Sir Derek (Harry)’, Who's Who 2 ...

, Provost from 1989 to 1999 and 2002-03 of

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(UCL) *

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* Benny Rothman, rambler and activist *

Brian Statham John Brian Statham, (17 June 1930 – 10 June 2000) was an English professional cricketer from Gorton, in Manchester, who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1950 to 1968 and for England from 1951 to 1965.James L. Tuck, physicist, member of the Manhattan project, shaped explosives expert

Ducie Technical High School for Boys

Mel Ainscow Melvin Ainscow Order of the British Empire, CBE Royal Society of Arts, FRSA (born 25 May 1943) is Professor of Education at the University of Manchester. He is also adjunct professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He was educate ...

, Professor of Education at the

* Sir Howard Bernstein, Chief Executive since 1998 of

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Peter McGarr Peter McGarr (born 28 May 1953) is an English classical composer and teacher, working in the English experimental tradition and inspired by Northern English landscape and culture. Biography McGarr was born in Openshaw, Manchester, and attended D ...

, composer *

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, trades unionist * Sir Trefor Morris CBE, Chief Constable from 1984 to 1990 of

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, actor. * George Waring, actor *

Paul Young Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. ...

, singer and percussionist