Abraham Moss Community School
| Established | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Miss G Houghton |
| Location |
Crescent Road Manchester Greater Manchester M8 5UF England 53°30′42″N 2°14′09″W / 53.51179°N 2.23579°WCoordinates: 53°30′42″N 2°14′09″W / 53.51179°N 2.23579°W |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| DfE URN | 105560 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1200 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 5–16 |
Abraham Moss Community School is a mixed all-through school located on a 19 hectare site situated on Crescent Road in the Crumpsall/Cheetham Hill district of North Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, next to the Abraham Moss Metrolink station. The complex also includes a leisure centre, the district library and a 230-person theatre complex. The centre also hosts other tenants mainly in the public, voluntary and community sectors. It is named after Abraham Moss, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1953–54).
The Abraham Moss opened in 1973 as a multipurpose integrated centre with lower school, and upper school seamlessly joining to a FE college, a library and a leisure centre. The first principal was Ron Mitson, with Dave Shapcott being head of school. It aimed to teach through independent resource-based learning- staff developed and pasted up their own materials which were then taken to the printroom, where the masters were allocated an accession number and the printroom staff would print the required number of copies on offset litho machines. It was referred to as a school without books. The building was featured in a DES best practice building report.
It was one of six such centres built around that time that were characterised by shared-use area, collaboration across phases with an inclusive approach to the pupils, their welfare and developing their potential. They all had innovative curriulums and purpose designed buildings. It was built at a cost of ₤2.472 m.
Manchester City Libraries moved the stock from Crumpsall Library in 1974. The stock transfer, and subsequent change in the reader profile was subject to a study in 1979 published in the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. In effect, the number of younger readers increased by 88% but the over 65s stopped coming.
In 2012 to answer the shortage of primary places in North Manchester, the Moss became an all-through 5-16 school, with a two form primary intake. The first reception class children arrived in September 2012.
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