Buile Hill Academy
Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8RD
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Buile Hill Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Martin Knowles
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Salford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 946
- URN
- 143059
- Local authority
- Salford
About this school
Buile Hill Academy was a secondary academy in Salford. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 946 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Buile Hill Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in August 2016, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 152 | 159 |
| Attainment 8 score | 32.2 | 31.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.40 -1.65 to -1.16 | -1.10 -1.33 to -0.86 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% | 16.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% | 35.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% | 13.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 2.7 |
Trends over time
How Buile Hill 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 | 32.2 | 32.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 31.7 | 33.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 33.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 926 |
| 2023/24 | 946 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Buile Hill Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 13.7% | 46.8% | 946 | — |
| Buile Hill Academy | 42.9 | 15.9% | 48.3% | 870 | 0.1 miles |
| All Hallows RC High School | 49.3 | 6.1% | 39.9% | 752 | 0.5 miles |
| The Albion Academy | 47.4 | 10.9% | 63.3% | 879 | 1.1 miles |
| Ellesmere Park High School | 45.8 | 8% | 29.2% | 818 | 1.2 miles |
| AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK | 35.6 | 10.6% | 44.8% | 464 | 1.3 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.8%
- English as an additional language
- 30%
- Overall absence
- 13.7%
- Persistent absence
- 37.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Buile Hill Academy0.1 miles
Secondary · Salford
-
All Hallows RC High School0.5 miles
Secondary · Salford
-
The Albion Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Salford
-
Ellesmere Park High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK1.3 miles
Secondary · Salford
Other schools in Salford
- AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK Secondary
- All Hallows RC High School Secondary
- Beis Yaakov High School Secondary
- Buile Hill Academy Secondary
- The Albion Academy Secondary
- Brentnall Academy Primary
- Broughton Jewish Cassel Fox Primary School Primary
- Dukesgate Academy Primary
- Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Holy Family VA RC Primary School Primary
- Lark Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Light Oaks Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Buile Hill Academy teach?
- Buile Hill Academy taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Salford.
- Has Buile Hill Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Buile Hill Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Buile Hill Academy?
- Buile Hill Academy had 946 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Buile Hill Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 32.2 in 2022/23 and 31.7 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Buile Hill Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Buile Hill 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 31 August 2024.