The Manchester Academy on Moss Lane East is a secondary school which, when it was inspected by OFSTED in 2009, had 863 pupils on roll, 76 of them in the Sixth Form.  OFSTED said of the school:

"Manchester Academy is sponsored through the United Learning Trust and holds dual specialist status in business and enterprise as well as creative arts. It has a wide, ethnically diverse population of students, the largest proportion being of Somali heritage. ..... Manchester Academy provides students with an outstanding education. This is because the outstanding leadership of the academy knows precisely what needs to be done to ensure students get the best possible start in life. The staff work incredibly hard to meet the very diverse needs of the students."