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Greater Manchester Education Trust

Greater Manchester Education Trust Annual Report 2025

Greater Manchester Education Trust (GMET) is a multi-academy trust operating four secondary schools across Greater Manchester, serving communities including East Manchester, Didsbury, Whalley Range and Levenshulme. In 2024/25 all four academies outperformed local and national benchmarks, with The East Manchester Academy receiving Outstanding Ofsted judgements for Leadership & Management and Personal Development — a remarkable turnaround from Special Measures five years prior. Total income grew to £54.76 million. Staff turnover halved to 7.25% and GMET was recognised nationally for its Professional Learning & Improvement approach at the House of Lords. A primary school, Alexandra Park, joined the Trust in January 2025.

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Four secondary academies serving Greater Manchester communities: The East Manchester Academy, Parrs Wood High School, Whalley Range 11-18 High School, Levenshulme High School; Professional Learning & Improvement (PLI) cycle replacing traditional appraisal; Subject Professional Learning Communities across all academies; Early Career Teacher development programme; National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) delivered in-house; Trust-wide SEND & Inclusion Lead; Workload Reduction Charter; Beswick Urban Growers community garden donating food to homeless residents; Cradle to Career community partnership model Custom geography from upload: Greater Manchester, UK (East Manchester, Didsbury, Whalley Range, Levenshulme)

📊Key Metrics

All four academies outperformed local and national benchmarks in 2024/25 GCSE examinations; The East Manchester Academy raised Attainment 8 to 42; Parrs Wood raised Attainment 8 to 48.0; Whalley Range achieved Attainment 8 of 52.10; Levenshulme achieved Attainment 8 of 52.45 Key Metric 1
Staff turnover reduced from 13.7% (2023/24) to 7.25% (2024/25); gender pay gap reduced from 11.9% to 9.2%; total income £54.76 million (2024: £48.85 million) Key Metric 2
The East Manchester Academy received Outstanding judgements for Leadership & Management and Personal Development from Ofsted in March 2025 — having been in Special Measures five years previously; Parrs Wood rated Good across all areas Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Parrs Wood: 84% of students achieved grade 4+ in English and 72% in Maths — both above national averages; Whalley Range disadvantaged students (60% of cohort) achieved Attainment 8 of 50.05
  • GMET cited at House of Lords launch of the Teaching Commission's Shaping the Future of Teaching report as an example of effective school-embedded professional learning
  • Levenshulme High School: 26% of pupils achieved five or more grades 9-7; results exceeded girls nationally in 13 subjects at the 9-7 boundary and 18 subjects at the 9-4 boundary

📍Geography

North West

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