Burnage High School

Name

Burnage High School

Legal name

Burnage Academy for Boys

Website

https://burnage.manchester.sch.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. UK Government Education Funding: Publicly funded secondary school receiving core educational funding from the UK Government through academy status. Additional grant funding from charitable foundations for specific programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Burnage Academy for Boys is a state-funded secondary school delivering full-time education for boys aged 11-16 (Years 7-11) in Manchester, including core curriculum subjects, GCSE preparation, pastoral care, mental health and wellbeing support, extracurricular activities, and music education through the Andrew Lloyd Webber MiSST partnership. The school additionally operates The Hive referral unit for short-term and ongoing student support and a residential outdoor education centre at Buxworth in the Peak District.

Product overview

Burnage Academy for Boys is a secondary school providing education services. The school's offerings include its core educational curriculum delivered through traditional classroom instruction, extracurricular activities, pastoral support programs, and specialized facilities such as The Hive (referral unit) and The Station House Buxworth (outdoor education center). The school also offers a music program through partnership with the Andrew Lloyd Webber Music in Secondary Schools Trust (MiSST), providing instruments and tuition. As a secondary school, its primary products and services are educational programs for students, rather than technology products. No specific branded product modules, technology platforms, or SaaS offerings were identified in the source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Secondary Education Programme (Years 7-11) Full-time secondary education provision for boys aged 11-16 (Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4) in Manchester, delivering core curriculum subjects, GCSE preparation, and pastoral care. Offered free of charge to students and families through publicly funded academy status.
• The Hive (Referral Unit) Referral unit providing short-term and ongoing educational support to students from Burnage Academy for Boys and other local secondary schools who benefit from education away from a mainstream school setting.
• Buxworth Base (The Station House, Buxworth) Outdoor education residential and activity centre located in Buxworth, Peak District, approximately 18 miles from central Manchester, providing countryside access opportunities for students and available for hire to schools and youth organisations.
• MiSST Music Programme Classical music education programme providing instruments (violin, flute), professional tuition, and a three-year programme for Year 7-9 students, delivered through the Andrew Lloyd Webber Music in Secondary Schools Trust partnership.

Quantifiable outcome

• Students make more progress than at the majority of schools in England

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Andrew Lloyd Webber Music in Secondary Schools Trust (MiSST)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Burnage Academy joined the MiSST programme in September 2024 as the first school in Manchester to participate. The programme provides classical instruments (violin, flute), professional tuition, and a three-year programme for Year 7-9 students. MiSST was founded in 2013 and works with 29 schools providing opportunities to over 12,000 students.
• Lancashire Cricket FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Lancashire Cricket Foundation through the ECB Cricket Cities programme. Includes cricket activities, the Burnage Cup competition, and opportunities for students to participate in cricket programmes and represent the school in competitions.
• Lycee Jean Moulin (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTen-year partnership with French secondary school Lycee Jean Moulin for student exchanges. 76 Burnage Academy pupils have benefited from 5-day trips to France in the last two years. Students participate in orienteering, sport, cooking, history and cultural visits with French peers.
• Burnage Community Wrestling ClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity wrestling club founded by Mo Osman, pastoral team member. The club has gone from strength to strength and impact extends across Manchester. Supports student wellbeing through wrestling coaching.
• Manchester City Football ClubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for football training opportunities for students as mentioned in school bulletins.
• WiseUp TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal team-building and resilience facilitators who work with Year 7 and 8 students for team-building activities.
• ReachOut UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganisation delivering personal development sessions with Year 7 and 8 students focusing on positive personal qualities and skills.
• Street DoctorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivering roadshow campaign teaching students first aid and how to respond in emergency situations.
• UNICEF UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Rights Respecting Schools Award programme, working towards Bronze level.
• Manchester MindcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health support partner providing supportive practitioners for whole-school mental health approach. Named as one of the school's wonderful supportive practitioners.
• CAMHS Thrive in Education TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChildren and Adolescent Mental Health Services team providing specialist support within the school environment.
• The-Growing RoomminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health supportive practitioner partner for the school's mental health and wellbeing programme.
• College Andre-Vienot (France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench middle school in Rocroi that participated in joint activities during Burnage's exchange programme visit.
• England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCricket Cities programme partner supporting cricket activities and the Burnage Cup competition.
• MCRActiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Cricket Cities programme creating playing opportunities for young cricketers.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• William Hulme's Grammar School: Manchester grammar school operating as an academy. Comparable academy-status governance model, north-west England catchment overlap, and selective academic positioning to a similar pupil demographic.
• Parrs Wood High School: Large co-ed secondary school in south Manchester, operating as a converter academy. Closest same-academy-status comparator within the Manchester City Council admissions geography.
• Audenshaw School: Boys' secondary school in Tameside, Greater Manchester. Closest state-funded boys' school comparator outside of Manchester city proper, with comparable demographic catchment and curricular focus.
• Manchester Grammar School: Manchester's most prestigious boys' school (independent, fee-paying) and the most direct academic comparator in the same city. Despite the funding model difference, it serves the same male pupil demographic in Key Stages 3-4 and competes for the same high-achieving cohort, making it Burnage's principal benchmark within Manchester.
• Sale Grammar School: High-performing co-ed grammar school serving Greater Manchester's south Manchester/sale corridor. Comparable state-funded secondary model with similar pupil outcomes focus and selective admissions criteria in the same wider catchment.
• Manchester Academy: Co-ed secondary school in Moss Side, Manchester. Inner-Manchester catchment overlap with Burnage and direct competition in the same local-authority admissions process.
• St Bede's College Manchester: Independent Catholic boys' day school in Manchester serving ages 11-18. Comparable on single-sex boys' provision, geographic catchment, and pastoral focus within the Manchester market.
• Trinity Church of England High School: Manchester-based co-ed secondary school with a faith ethos and an Ofsted rating profile in the same catchment. Direct competitor for Manchester City Council secondary admissions.

Broad incumbents

• United Learning: One of the UK's largest multi-academy trusts operating dozens of state-funded schools. Provides the broader institutional comparator for academy governance, scale economies, and central-services structures relevant to a standalone academy like Burnage.
• Oasis Community Learning: Large national multi-academy trust running primary and secondary academies across England, including Greater Manchester. Representative of the MAT structure against which a standalone academy such as Burnage benchmarks for funding leverage, safeguarding, and enrichment programme scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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