The Albion Academy

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
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
896 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
32.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
57.8%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 44.2%
African 16.5%
Other White 8.7%
Mixed 8.5%
Other 6.9%
Other Asian 4.1%
Pakistani 3.6%
Other Black 2.7%
Indian 1.7%
Caribbean 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish Traveller 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.3
Local authority average 42.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.31
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award47
TourismTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE41
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE4
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE169
English LiteratureGCSE160
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Albion Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
152
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes24.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
194
99
95
Year 8
164
84
80
Year 9
182
98
84
Year 10
178
93
85
Year 11
178
98
80
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
78.1%
85.5%
Further education
54.0%
58.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
2.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
17.0%
17.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
9.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
9.0%
5.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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