The Albion Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 24 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Not available
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Salford
Unique reference
146793
Address
1 London Street, M6 6QT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
893 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
37%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.6%
Persistent absence
38.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.6%
African 18%
Other White 9.1%
Mixed 8.5%
Other 6.5%
Pakistani 3.9%
Other Asian 2.8%
Other Black 2.7%
Indian 1.9%
Irish Traveller 1.1%
Chinese 1%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.47
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.49
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38
Local authority average 40.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.38
Local authority average 3.48
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
TourismTechnical Award30
ArabicGCSE6
Art & DesignGCSE73
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE30
ChineseGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE148
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Albion Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
169
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
139
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
139
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
174
90
84
Year 8
179
100
79
Year 9
186
98
88
Year 10
185
94
91
Year 11
169
84
85
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
79.8%
85.6%
Further education
62.0%
57.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
3.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
15.0%
18.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
6.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
9.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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