Salford City Academy
Northfleet Road, Peel Green, Manchester, M30 7PQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Katherine Eaton
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 876
- URN
- 135071
- Local authority
- Salford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617895359
About this school
Salford City Academy is a Christian secondary academy in Manchester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 876 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 173 | 167 | 175 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.4 | 44.7 | 46.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.01 -0.22 to +0.23 | +0.13 -0.10 to +0.36 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 45.5% | 41.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 71.3% | 66.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 47% | 49.7% | 41.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Salford City Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Salford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.4 | 32.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.7 | 33.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.1 | 33.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 892 |
| 2023/24 | 913 |
| 2024/25 | 891 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Salford City Academy compares
Salford City Academy ranked 5th of 15 secondary schools in Salford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 62% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.1 | 10.3% | 45.2% | 876 | — |
| St Patrick's RC High School | 53.8 | 6.6% | 20% | 912 | 0.6 miles |
| Flixton Girls School | 48.3 | 7.3% | 19.7% | 981 | 2.0 miles |
| Urmston Grammar Academy | 71.7 | 4.2% | 8.6% | 1,137 | 2.1 miles |
| Ellesmere Park High School | 45.8 | 8% | 29.2% | 818 | 2.2 miles |
| Wellacre Technology Academy | 46 | 7.5% | 23% | 727 | 2.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.23%
- English as an additional language
- 21.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.27%
- Persistent absence
- 28.94%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Patrick's RC High School0.6 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Flixton Girls School2.0 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Urmston Grammar Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Ellesmere Park High School2.2 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Wellacre Technology Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Salford City Academy ranks 28th of the 59 ranked secondary schools in Manchester.
- Audenshaw School Secondary
- Broadoak School Secondary
- Burnage Academy for Boys Secondary
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School Secondary
- Chorlton High School Secondary
- CHS South Secondary
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue Secondary
- Co-op Academy Failsworth Secondary
- Co-op Academy Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy North Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy Swinton Secondary
- Co-op Academy Walkden Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Salford City Academy teach?
- Salford City Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Manchester.
- Who is the head teacher of Salford City Academy?
- The head teacher of Salford City Academy is Mrs Katherine Eaton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Salford City Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Salford City Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Salford City Academy?
- Salford City Academy has 876 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Salford City Academy full?
- Salford City Academy has capacity for 750 pupils and 876 on roll (117%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Salford City Academy a faith school?
- Yes. Salford City Academy is designated Christian.
- Is Salford City Academy a selective school?
- No. Salford City Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Salford City Academy?
- Salford City Academy is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Salford City Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.4 in 2022/23 and 46.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Salford City Academy rank locally?
- Salford City Academy ranked 5th of 15 secondary schools in Salford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 62% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Salford City Academy's absence rate?
- Salford City Academy's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Salford City Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Salford City Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.