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Cedar Mount Academy is an academy (English school) in Gorton, Manchester, England. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11–16 years and is located in the East of the city of Manchester.The school has moved into the new building with Melland High School called Gorton Education Village. They moved into this new state-of-the-art building in 2008. The school has its own website in which parents can visit in which to gain information, make inquiries and read about upcoming events.Academy StatusIn late 2011/early 2012 it was announced that Cedar Mount High School would be transformed into Cedar Mount Academy. On 1 August 2012 Cedar Mount had officially gained its academy status.House SystemCedar Mount has a house system which is incorporated in the school life. There are four houses which the system offers, each of which is named after a famous person from history:The houses are composed of smaller forms which use a 'vertical tutoring system' where roughly around 3 students from each year group (7, 8, 9, 10 and 11) join together to make a form. The system is aimed at improving school life and relationships between students.HistoryCedar Mount High School was founded in 2000, after the merger of Ellen Wilkinson High School and Spurley Hey High Schools on the Mount Road site.During the Conservative Party conference which was held in Manchester in 2011, Prime Minister David Cameron visited the school on 4 October 2011. There he met the staff from Cedar Mount High School along with a handful of Year 11 pupils. He did a live video call to the conference from the school where he described the school as "absolutely inspirational" and congratulated the headteacher, stating that "It's not rocket science. It's about good leadership." Cameron also praised the schools future ambitions and rise in standards.