Graded inspection · May 2023 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 entry494 applications · 294 places offered · 274 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Salford median median 1.6
- 2025 1.6; Salford median median 1.7
- 2024 1.6; Salford median median 1.6
- 2023 1.8; Salford median median 1.5
- 2022 1.6; Salford median median 1.5
- 2021 1.7; Salford median median 1.4
- 2020 1.7; Salford median median 1.5
- 2019 1.5; Salford median median 1.5
- 2018 1.6; Salford median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Salford median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Salford median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Salford median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Salford median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Salford median
Dashed bars: as Walkden High School (URN 105975), 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 | 294 | 494 | 1.7 | 274 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 291 | 473 | 1.6 | 244 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 295 | 479 | 1.6 | 285 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 289 | 511 | 1.8 | 306 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 295 | 484 | 1.6 | 300 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 297 | 511 | 1.7 | 344 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 | 296 | 491 | 1.7 | 286 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 292 | 438 | 1.5 | 266 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 * | 292 | 462 | 1.6 | 273 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 * | 287 | 404 | 1.4 | 223 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 * | 275 | 409 | 1.5 | 241 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 294 | 380 | 1.3 | 215 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2014 * | 275 | 435 | 1.6 | 252 | 0.92 |
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.) | 291 | 47.2 | 41% | 58% | – |
| 2024/25 | 297 | 43.6 | 41% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 295 | 44.4 | 43% | 63% | −0.47 |
| 2022/23 | 296 | 42.9 | 41% | 62% | −0.57 |
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 WalkdenThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · SalfordGood20241.7applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · SalfordGood20242.3applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Salford20262.8applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Salford20261.6applications per place
- 2.7 km · Bolton20261.5applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · SalfordGood20241.5applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Salford20252.6applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Salford20261.6applications per place 44.6Attainment 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
- 146404 · 355/4035
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,414 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2018
- Replaced
- Walkden High School (URN 105975)
- Address
- Old Clough Lane, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, M28 7JB
- Local authority
- Salford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources