Salford City Academy
Secondary schoolSalford City Academy is a secondary school in Salford, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 876 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 21 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Salford City Academy was 44.6, against 43.6 in Salford and 46.2 in England.
49.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Salford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 44.6 | 43.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49.1% | 42.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64.8% | 59.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 165 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Barton Moss Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)100 m
- St Gilbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, EcclesPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
- St Patrick's RC High SchoolSecondary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 53.3 (2025/26, provisional)1 km
- Beech Street Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2022. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- WoodlandsSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Salford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).