Graded inspection · Feb 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 entry206 applications · 174 places offered · 162 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Salford median median 1.6
- 2025 1.1; Salford median median 1.7
- 2024 1.1; Salford median median 1.6
- 2023 1.0; Salford median median 1.5
- 2022 0.9; Salford median median 1.5
- 2021 1.2; Salford median median 1.4
- 2020 1.1; Salford median median 1.5
- 2019 1.1; Salford median median 1.5
- 2018 0.9; Salford median median 1.3
- 2017 1.0; Salford median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.0; Salford median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Salford median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Salford median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Salford median
Dashed bars: as Irlam and Cadishead College (URN 105976), the previous school.
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 | 174 | 206 | 1.2 | 162 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 198 | 213 | 1.1 | 174 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 163 | 177 | 1.1 | 145 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 171 | 170 | 1.0 | 145 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 | 160 | 151 | 0.9 | 126 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 140 | 164 | 1.2 | 111 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2020 | 103 | 110 | 1.1 | 76 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2019 | 110 | 120 | 1.1 | 80 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2018 | 144 | 130 | 0.9 | 97 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 * | 122 | 122 | 1.0 | 89 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 * | 140 | 141 | 1.0 | 105 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2015 * | 134 | 144 | 1.1 | 110 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2014 * | 151 | 167 | 1.1 | 138 | 0.91 |
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.) | 128 | 45.3 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 107 | 43.6 | 47% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 106 | 40.5 | 32% | 45% | −0.07 |
| 2022/23 | 150 | 38.2 | 33% | 51% | −0.48 |
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
- Irlam and Cadishead AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.2applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · TraffordRequires improvement20241.1applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Trafford20261.5applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · TraffordGood20231.9applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Trafford20266.6applications per place 75.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.5 km · WarringtonRemains Good20221.9applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · Salford20261.6applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · TraffordRemains Good20243.9applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · TraffordRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 44.3Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142073 · 355/4002
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 844 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2017
- Replaced
- Irlam and Cadishead College (URN 105976)
- Address
- Station Road, Irlam, Manchester, M44 5ZR
- Local authority
- Salford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources