Co-op Academy Walkden

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Salford
Unique reference
146404
Address
Old Clough Lane, Walkden, Worsley, M28 7JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1491 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
7.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.3%
Persistent absence
24.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.1%
Mixed 7.9%
Unclassified 3.8%
Other White 2.7%
African 1.9%
Other 1.9%
Other Black 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.57
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.49
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.9
Local authority average 40.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.69
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Ancient HistoryGCSE27
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE70
ChemistryGCSE56
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE68
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE293
English LiteratureGCSE292
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Co-op Academy Walkden

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
295
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
285
2nd preference
113
3rd preference
55
From another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
273
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
293
143
150
Year 8
307
168
139
Year 9
299
140
159
Year 10
296
166
130
Year 11
296
131
165
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
80.3%
86.5%
Further education
59.0%
59.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
2.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
24.0%
17.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
6.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
8.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Nearby schools