The Lowry AcademyStar Salford Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

The Lowry Academy and Star Salford Academy are secondary schools.

The Lowry Academy versus Star Salford Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	ManchesterThe Lowry Academy	WorsleyStar Salford Academy	England average
Overview
Our score	D51/100	Not scored
Local ranking	10th of 15 in Salford	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy sponsor led	Free schools
Phase	Secondary	Secondary
Age range	11-16	11-16
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	884	389
Capacity	1,200	750
Location	Manchester, M28 0SY	Worsley, M28 0BB
GCSE results
Attainment 8	44.7	Not reported	46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths	44.2%	Not reported	45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	62.2%	Not reported	64.8%
Entering EBacc	40.1%	Not reported	40.5%
EBacc average point score	4.03	Not reported	4.09
Cohort	172	Not reported
Pupils
Pupils in the census	922	276
Free school meals (ever 6)	57.7%	61.2%
English as an additional language	31.9%	13.0%
SEN support	11.1%	34.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.8%	4.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	10.0% Stronger figure	10.4%	6.2%
Persistent absence	27.1% Stronger figure	32.4%	15.8%

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.

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.