A school that replaced a Manchester landmark has been given its first Ofsted grade - and has been told that it's 'outstanding'.
Co-op Academy Belle Vue opened in September 2021 and was temporarily based at Connell Co-op College, on Alan Turing Way in Manchester, before moving to a state-of-the-art building on the site of the old Showcase Cinemas last year.
The landmark 14-screen cinema, which opened on the site of the famous Belle Vue entertainment complex in October 1989, closed along with all other cinemas in the country when the coronavirus pandemic hit in March 2020. Read more: Thousands of parents sign petition for kids to be allowed two weeks off school without being fined They had already agreed to sell the land to Manchester City Council to build a new school for pupils aged 11 to 16.
After inspecting the school in March, Ofsted has rated it outstanding in all five categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and overall effectiveness.
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