Progress Schools - Gorton
Progress Schools - Gorton is an independent school in for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 15 pupils and room for 35.
Hideout Youth Zone, 1 Queens Avenue, Manchester, M12 5PX0161 543 9767progress-schools.co.ukMrs Emma Kanis headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
6 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Manchester council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 15 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 65% | 100% | 100% | 31% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 30% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-op Academy Belle Vue | Free school | 230 m | 946 | Outstanding 2024 | 99 | Compare |
| All Saints Primary School | Council | 560 m | 230 | Good 2022 | 20 | Compare |
| St Peter's RC High School | Roman Catholic | 670 m | 1,013 | Good 2022 | 76 | Compare |
| St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | Academy | 710 m | 199 | Inadequate 2023 | 27 | Compare |
| St James' CofE Primary School Gorton | Academy | 900 m | 466 | Good 2023 | 26 | Compare |
| Rodney House School | Council | 950 m | 75 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Sacred Heart RC Primary School | Roman Catholic | 950 m | 330 | No overall grade 2025 | 66 | Compare |
| LTE Group | Further education | 950 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Progress Schools - Gorton a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Progress Schools - Gorton yet.
How many pupils does Progress Schools - Gorton have?
15 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 35 places, so it is 43% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hideout Youth Zone, 1 Queens Avenue, Manchester, M12 5PX
- Telephone
- 0161 543 9767
- Website
- www.progress-schools.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Kanis
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Manchester
- Ward
- Gorton & Abbey Hey
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 13 April 2021 (new provision)
- URN
- 148542 · LAESTAB 3526016
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.