Education & Young People Community & Social Justice Free 2026
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.

View Report
Report snapshot
34 Views

📋About

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

Related reports

All Education & Young People reports →
2025 Enhanced
The Fostering Network

Annual Review 2024-25

55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 1
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 2
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
Key Metric 3
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Education & Young People Children
View
2025 Free
YMCA of Greater Toronto

Annual Impact Report 2024–2025

CAD $366.1m total revenue in FY2024–25 (year ended 31 March 2025)
Key Metric 1
500+ locations across the Greater Toronto Area serving children, youth, families, immigrants and job seekers
Key Metric 2
Largest not-for-profit child care provider in Canada; child care fees capped at CAD $22/day under Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system from January 2025
Key Metric 3
Received largest multi-year gift in charity's history — CAD $10m over five years from The Barrett Family Foundation to fund youth programmes including Black Achievers, newcomer youth groups and financial literacy
Education & Young People Health
View