Salford schools and admissions data

Salford City Council has 102 primary schools and 41 secondary schools. 21% of Salford's schools are private schools. 42 state schools in Salford follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 62 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Salford

  1. Outstanding 15
  2. Good 61
  3. Requires Improvement 9
  4. Inadequate 4

Most popular state schools
in Salford in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Holy Family VA RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Salford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    St Gilbert's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Winton, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    St Mary's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Eccles, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Monton Green Primary School

    Community school • Eccles, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Broadoak Primary School

    Academy converter • Swinton, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Boothstown, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    St Andrew's Methodist Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Off Hilton Lane, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    St Mark's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Clifton, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Little Hulton, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Christ The King RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Worsley, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Willow Tree Primary School

    Community school • Salford

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Irlam Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Irlam, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Eccles, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    St Joseph's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Ordsall, Salford

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Higher Broughton, Salford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  16. 16

    Christ Church CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Patricroft, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Wardley CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Wardley, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    St Edmund's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Little Hulton, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    St Boniface RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Salford

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Philip's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Salford

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    St Patrick's RC High School

    Voluntary aided school • Eccles, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Ellesmere Park High School

    Academy converter • Eccles, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    All Hallows RC High School

    Voluntary aided school • Salford

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Beis Yaakov High School

    Academy converter • Bury New Road, Salford

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  5. 5

    Moorside High School

    Academy converter • Swinton, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    St Ambrose Barlow RC High School

    Voluntary aided school • Wardley, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  7. 7

    Co-op Academy Walkden

    Academy converter • Walkden, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Oasis Academy MediaCityUK

    Academy sponsor led • Salford, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Co-op Academy Swinton

    Academy converter • Pendlebury, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Irlam and Cadishead Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Irlam, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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