Schools in Salford
133 schools in the Salford local authority.
Schools
133
Open schools
Pupils
43,937
2025–26 census
Good or better
78%
86 of 110 graded
Academic Performance
4.1
out of 10 · 121 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 10 9%
- Good
- 76 69%
- Requires improvement
- 18 16%
- Inadequate
- 6 5%
9 inspected since 2024, no overall grade14 superseded by a report card14 not judged2 in a category of concern3 safeguarding not effective
4.1
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 121 of 133 schools that can be scored
Pupils
43,937
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 129 of 133 schools (43,937 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
67%Asian
5%Black
10%Mixed
10%Chinese
<1%Any other group
5%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 99 of 133 schools (37,935 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 37.5%
- First language not English
- 23.5%
- Young carers
- <1%
14,211 of 37,935 pupils · 99 of 133 schools
8,909 of 37,935 pupils · 99 of 133 schools
249 of 37,935 pupils · 99 of 133 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 79
- Secondary
- 16
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 7
- PRU
- 4
- Not recorded
- 25
Top primary schools in Salford
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Broadoak Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.St Philip's RC Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.Bridgewater Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 6.St Andrew's Methodist Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 7.James Brindley Community Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 8.The Deans Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 9.St Mary's RC Primary SchoolSalford · Primary9.0/10
- 10.St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · Primary8.6/10Good
- 11.Wardley CofE Primary SchoolSalford · Primary8.5/10
- 12.St Mary's RC Primary SchoolSalford · Primary8.4/10Good
- 13.St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · Primary8.4/10Good
- 14.Christ The King RC Primary SchoolSalford · Primary8.2/10Good
- 15.St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · Primary7.8/10
- 16.Clifton Primary SchoolSalford · Primary7.2/10Good
- 17.St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · Primary6.8/10Good
- 18.St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · Primary6.7/10Good
- 19.Barton Moss Community Primary SchoolSalford · Primary6.6/10Good
- 20.Light Oaks Junior SchoolSalford · Primary6.5/10
Top secondary schools in Salford
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Patrick's RC High SchoolSalford · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 2.All Hallows RC High SchoolSalford · Secondary7.5/10Good
- 3.Beis Yaakov High SchoolSalford · Secondary7.2/10
- 4.The Albion AcademySalford · Secondary6.9/10Good
- 5.Salford City AcademySalford · Secondary5.9/10Good
- 6.The Lowry AcademySalford · Secondary5.8/10Good
- 7.Ellesmere Park High SchoolSalford · Secondary5.6/10Good
- 8.Irlam and Cadishead AcademySalford · Secondary5.6/10Good
- 9.Co-op Academy WalkdenSalford · Secondary3.6/10Good
- 10.St Ambrose Barlow RC High SchoolSalford · Secondary3.6/10Good
- 11.Moorside High SchoolSalford · Secondary3.4/10Good
- 12.Co-op Academy SwintonSalford · Secondary3.3/10Good
- 13.Oasis Academy MediaCityUKSalford · Secondary1.9/10Good
- 14.AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUKSalford · Secondary1.2/10Good
- 15.Buile Hill AcademySalford · Secondary0.6/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Salford
- How many schools are there in Salford?
- Salford has 133 open schools — 79 primary, 16 secondary, 7 special, teaching 43,937 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Salford are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 86 of the 110 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 78% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 10 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 133: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Salford?
- 4.1 out of 10, averaged across the 121 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Salford schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 23 schools in Salford currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Salford local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Salford covers 133 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Salford are eligible for free school meals?
- 37.5% — 14,211 of 37,935 pupils at the 99 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North West region.