Salford City Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Christian
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Salford
Unique reference
135071
Address
Northfleet Road, Peel Green, Eccles, M30 7PQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
891 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
21.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.9%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.9%
Other 8.2%
Other White 7.4%
Mixed 6.8%
African 4.4%
Other Black 2.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Chinese 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46
Local authority average 42.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.07
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award44
Sports StudiesTechnical Award46
TourismTechnical Award33
ArabicGCSE11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE175
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Salford City Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
160
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
38
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
188
97
91
Year 8
189
91
98
Year 9
172
78
94
Year 10
166
83
83
Year 11
176
95
81
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
78.1%
85.5%
Further education
67.0%
58.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
2.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
17.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
9.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
5.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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