North West
Secondary schools in Salford
124 schools, 42,502 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 36.2.
Ofsted across Salford
Good46
Outstanding7
Requires improvement4
Inadequate2
No overall grade65
59 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 65 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Salford
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick's RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | No grade | 53.8 |
| All Hallows RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Salford | Good 2022 | 49.3 |
| Beis Yaakov High SchoolAcademy converter | Salford | No grade | 49.3 |
| The Albion AcademyAcademy converter | Salford | Good 2023 | 47.4 |
| Salford City AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No grade | 46.1 |
| Ellesmere Park High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 45.8 |
| The Lowry AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 44.7 |
| Co-op Academy SwintonAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2024 | 44.6 |
| St Ambrose Barlow RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 44.2 |
| Irlam and Cadishead AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2024 | 43.6 |
| Co-op Academy WalkdenAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 43.6 |
| Buile Hill AcademyAcademy converter | Salford | Requires improvement 2022 | 42.9 |
| Moorside High SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 41.8 |
| Oasis Academy MediaCityUKAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | No grade | 38.7 |
| AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUKUniversity technical college | Salford | Good 2023 | 35.6 |
| Star Salford AcademyFree schools | Worsley | No grade | — |