Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Salford
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry248 applications · 166 places offered · 122 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Salford median median 1.6
- 2025 1.3; Salford median median 1.7
- 2024 1.2; Salford median median 1.6
- 2023 1.2; Salford median median 1.5
- 2022 1.5; Salford median median 1.5
- 2021 1.4; Salford median median 1.4
- 2020 1.3; Salford median median 1.5
- 2019 1.3; Salford median median 1.5
- 2018 1.2; Salford median median 1.3
- 2017 1.3; Salford median median 1.3
- 2016 1.3; Salford median median 1.3
- 2015 1.4; Salford median median 1.4
- 2014 1.5; Salford median median 1.6
- This school
- Salford median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 166 | 248 | 1.5 | 122 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 226 | 1.3 | 93 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2024 | 211 | 243 | 1.2 | 118 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2023 | 212 | 253 | 1.2 | 121 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2022 | 204 | 301 | 1.5 | 140 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2021 | 218 | 301 | 1.4 | 168 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 214 | 286 | 1.3 | 174 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2019 | 160 | 214 | 1.3 | 112 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2018 | 204 | 246 | 1.2 | 143 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2017 | 170 | 221 | 1.3 | 111 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2016 | 153 | 191 | 1.3 | 100 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2015 | 131 | 182 | 1.4 | 97 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2014 | 106 | 161 | 1.5 | 90 | 0.85 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 176 | 47.5 | 42% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 44.6 | 31% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 158 | 42.3 | 27% | 51% | −0.48 |
| 2022/23 | 187 | 40.8 | 32% | 57% | −0.55 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Co-op Academy SwintonThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.5applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Salford20262.8applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · SalfordGood20242.3applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · SalfordGood20232.8applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · SalfordGood20231.7applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · SalfordRemains Good20223.5applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · SalfordRequires improvement20221.5applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · Bolton20261.5applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Salford20252.6applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136987 · 355/4050
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,075 pupils · 931 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- The Swinton High School (URN 105983)
- Address
- Sefton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6JU
- Local authority
- Salford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources