Secondary school in Salford
Buile Hill Academy
Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8RD
Ofsted
Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 8 June 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.
Progress 8 2023/24
No Progress 8 score published for this school.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 870
- Places
- 900
- How full
- Nearly full — 870 of 900 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 445 / 425
- Overall absence
- 16%
- Persistently absent
- 44%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 48%
- English as an additional language
- 29%
- With an EHC plan
- 3%
- On SEN support
- 19%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Salford 018D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 36%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 18%
- Households owning their home
- 61%
- Households in social housing
- 7%
- Households with no car
- 31%
- Adults economically inactive
- 37%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: James Haslam
- Local authority
- Salford
- Ward
- Claremont
- Constituency
- Salford
- URN
- 150868
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Hallows RC High SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2022 | 49.3 | 0.5 mi |
| King of KingsOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.7 mi |
| EdstartOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.9 mi |
| The Albion AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 47.4 | 1.1 mi |
| Ellesmere Park High SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 45.8 | 1.3 mi |
| AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUKUniversity technical college | Good 2023 | 35.6 | 1.3 mi |
| Oasis Academy MediaCityUKAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 38.7 | 1.5 mi |
| TiferesOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.5 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| The Stockwood Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 35.9 |
| St Angela's Ursuline SchoolVoluntary aided school | Outstanding 2022 | 54.1 |
| Westminster AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 48.3 |
| Broadoak SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2024 | 42.4 |
| Newland School for GirlsAcademy converter | No grade | 44.2 |
| Armfield AcademyFree schools | Good 2023 | 35.6 |
| Foxford Community SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 41 |
| Trinity Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2024 | 36.5 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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