MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS | Students at Manchester Academy in Moss Side are now selling the items made from clay in Whitworth Park 

Yahya Maasher only moved to Manchester from Yemen five years ago - but is now sent free equipment to review online 

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS | Chris Hutchinson, Head of Music at Manchester Academy, said: 'We really wanted the pupils to bring their own ideas of what makes Moss Side great.”

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS | Ms Rashid said: "Students have demonstrated great initiative in their model making and all but run the club themselves”. 

THE TELEGRAPH | Academies have succeeded, but could go further to improve education for young people on a larger scale, says Stephen Twigg

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS | Striking teachers forced the closure of hundreds of schools last week as unions called a walk-out over pension reform. But there’s an equally taxing educational issue facing parents and teachers as more and more schools leave local authority control and become academies. David Henry reports. 

A campaign to tackle climate change run by young people from Moss Side and Hulme received the backing of Labour Leader Ed Miliband when he visited Manchester last week (Thursday, 14 April).

“We cannot rebuild children's pasts, but we can make a difference to their futures.”

Students at Manchester Academy are getting advice on child psychology, household management and budgeting skills. It is being introduced in business lessons after pupils asked for training in real-life skills.

Manchester Academy is an extraordinary success story, the Cinderella that shirked off the ugly sister image of its past life as the pitifully unachieving Ducie High School.