 Previously a community school administered by Manchester City Council, Burnage Media Arts College converted to academy status on 1 April 2014 and was renamed Burnage Academy for Boys, however, the school continues to co-ordinate with Manchester City Council for admissions.Due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United Kingdom, the school, along with all of the schools in the UK, was shut in March 2020, leaving students into home learning and studying at home.The school draws pupils from various districts of Manchester, including Didsbury, Levenshulme, Longsight, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Withington, Hulme, Ardwick, and Burnage itself.