Which school has the best GCSE results in Salford?

On 2026 Attainment 8, St Patrick's RC High School tops the table in Salford with 53.3, against an England average of 46.2. 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 2026 results, the 2025/26 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 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

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 2026: secondary school league table

15 state secondary schools in Salford ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, 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 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Salford ranked on Attainment 8

15 of 16 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Salford ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	St Patrick's RC High School Manchester · Voluntary aided school	53.3	14%	56%	76%	–	184
2	All Hallows RC High School Salford · Voluntary aided school	51.7	21%	53%	69%	–	127
3 , up 1 place since 2025	The Albion Academy Salford · Academy converter	51.1	14%	60%	72%	–	162
4 , down 2 places since 2025	Beis Yaakov High School Salford · Academy converter	50.4	9%	50%	74%	–	54
5 , up 1 place since 2025	Ellesmere Park High School Manchester · Academy converter	48.9	15%	50%	70%	–	159
6 , up 2 places since 2025	Co-op Academy Swinton Manchester · Academy converter	47.5	11%	42%	64%	–	176
7 , up 3 places since 2025	Co-op Academy Walkden Manchester · Academy converter	47.2	15%	41%	58%	–	291
8 , up 4 places since 2025	Buile Hill Academy Salford · Academy converter	46.1	17%	51%	71%	–	181
9 , up 1 place since 2025	Irlam and Cadishead Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	45.3	9%	48%	69%	–	128
10 , down 1 place since 2025	St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School Manchester · Voluntary aided school	44.8	9%	39%	59%	–	208
11 , down 6 places since 2025	Salford City Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	44.6	11%	49%	65%	–	165
12 , down 5 places since 2025	The Lowry Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	42.1	9%	42%	59%	–	211
13	Moorside High School Manchester · Academy converter	40.1	7%	38%	58%	–	262
14 , up 1 place since 2025	AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK Salford · University technical college	39.0	4%	29%	51%	–	105
15 , down 1 place since 2025	Oasis Academy MediaCityUK Manchester · Academy sponsor led	35.8	7%	25%	41%	–	185
–	Star Salford Academy Worsley · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–	–

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

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	9.8	0%	29
Beis Malka Girls school Salford · Other independent school	23.7	0%	20
Beis Ruchel Girls School Other independent school	6.8	0%	44
Bnos Yisroel School Manchester Salford · Other independent school	31.2	0%	47
Bridgewater School Manchester · Other independent school	41.7	0%	50
Edstart Other independent school	8.7	0%	56
Etz Chaim Boys School Other independent school	27.9	27%	64
Manchester Senior Girls School Salford · Other independent school	25.1	53%	32
Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools Salford · Other independent school · 2025 results	23.4	0%	11
OYY Lubavitch Boys School Salford · Other independent school	22.5	21%	24
Tiferes Salford · Other independent school	38.5	33%	30

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 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. 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 2026: 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