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Schools in the Salford local authority

Salford has 137 schools listed on OfferDay across 6 towns.

76 primary schools · 16 secondary schools · 1 sixth form or college · 15 special and alternative provision schools · 28 independent schools · 1 other establishment

About schools in Salford

Most of the 137 schools listed in Salford are primary schools. Its 16 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
60%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 72 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
43.3
average Attainment 8 score, across the 17 schools with published results

Top schools in Salford

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Wardley CofE Primary School 89%
  2. 2 Christ The King RC Primary School 89%
  3. 3 Broadoak Primary School 88%
  4. 4 St Andrew's CofE Primary School 84%
  5. 5 St Mark's CofE Primary School 83%
  6. 6 St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School 83%
  7. 7 James Brindley Community Primary School 82%
  8. 8 Bridgewater Primary School 82%

Secondary

  1. 1 St Patrick's RC High School 53.8
  2. 2 All Hallows RC High School 49.3
  3. 3 Beis Yaakov High School 49.3
  4. 4 The Albion Academy 47.4
  5. 5 Salford City Academy 46.1
  6. 6 Ellesmere Park High School 45.8
  7. 7 The Lowry Academy 44.7
  8. 8 Co-op Academy Swinton 44.6

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Salford.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Salford

How many schools are in Salford?
OfferDay lists 137 schools in Salford, including 76 primary schools and 28 independent schools.
Who inspects schools in Salford?
Every school in Salford is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Salford?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Salford does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Salford local authority?
OfferDay groups the Salford schools across six towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.