Which school has the best GCSE results in Salford?

On 2025 Attainment 8, St Patrick's RC High School tops the table in Salford with 53.8, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Salford schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Salford show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Salford GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

15 state secondary schools in Salford ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 11 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 16 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Salford ranked on Attainment 8

15 of 16 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Salford ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	St Patrick's RC High School Manchester · Voluntary aided school	53.8	56%	79%	5.18	183
2=	All Hallows RC High School Salford · Voluntary aided school	49.3	55%	71%	4.42	127
2=	Beis Yaakov High School Salford · Academy converter	49.3	46%	79%	4.43	63
4	The Albion Academy Salford · Academy converter	47.4	49%	64%	4.32	170
5	Salford City Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	46.1	42%	67%	4.08	175
6	Ellesmere Park High School Manchester · Academy converter	45.8	43%	69%	3.73	147
7	The Lowry Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	44.7	44%	62%	4.03	172
8	Co-op Academy Swinton Manchester · Academy converter	44.6	31%	61%	3.85	200
9	St Ambrose Barlow RC High School Manchester · Voluntary aided school	44.2	38%	67%	3.84	205
10=	Co-op Academy Walkden Manchester · Academy converter	43.6	41%	61%	3.78	297
10=	Irlam and Cadishead Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	43.6	47%	63%	3.90	107
12	Buile Hill Academy Salford · Academy converter	42.9	51%	67%	3.84	170
13	Moorside High School Manchester · Academy converter	41.8	46%	64%	3.49	198
14	Oasis Academy MediaCityUK Manchester · Academy sponsor led	38.7	27%	49%	3.40	206
15	AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK Salford · University technical college	35.6	17%	42%	2.55	90
–	Star Salford Academy Worsley · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Salford with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Beis Hatalmud School Salford · Other independent school	14.3	0%	24
Beis Malka Girls school Salford · Other independent school	18.0	0%	20
Beis Ruchel Girls School Other independent school	4.5	0%	43
Bnos Yisroel School Manchester Salford · Other independent school	33.8	0%	48
Bridgewater School Manchester · Other independent school	38.0	0%	60
Edstart Other independent school	8.0	0%	52
Etz Chaim Boys School Other independent school	27.0	24%	50
Manchester Senior Girls School Salford · Other independent school	31.1	56%	32
Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools Salford · Other independent school	23.4	0%	11
OYY Lubavitch Boys School Salford · Other independent school	27.5	24%	33
Tiferes Salford · Other independent school	43.8	39%	28

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Salford on our composite score

Salford GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Salford ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Salford with published GCSE results

More about schools in Salford

Salford GCSE results: common questions