Salford City AcademyFlixton Girls School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Manchester.

Summary of the comparison

Salford City Academy and Flixton Girls School are secondary schools in Manchester.

  • Salford City Academy scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Flixton Girls School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average). Flixton Girls School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Salford City Academy was judged the expected standard and Flixton Girls School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.1 for Salford City Academy and 48.3 for Flixton Girls School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Salford City Academy (48.1 in 2021-22, 46.1 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Flixton Girls School (48.2 in 2021-22, 48.3 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Salford City Academy versus Flixton Girls School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ManchesterSalford City AcademyManchesterFlixton Girls SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100C61/100Stronger figure
Local ranking4th of 15 in Salford 12th of 18 in Trafford
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Girls
Pupils on roll891 964
Capacity750 900
LocationManchester, M30 7PQ Manchester, M41 5DR
GCSE results
Attainment 846.1 48.3 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths41.7% 44.2% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths66.9% 72.1% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc41.1% 59.3% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.08 4.25 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort175 172
Pupils
Pupils in the census891 964
Free school meals (ever 6)45.2% 19.7%
English as an additional language21.7% 13.0%
SEN support18.0% 15.7%
SEN with an EHC plan2.4% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence10.3% 7.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence28.9% 16.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Salford City Academy

Flixton Girls School

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