Which school had the best GCSE results in Salford in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, St Patrick's RC High School topped the table in Salford with 51.1, against an England average of 46.3. 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.

Where are the latest Salford GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Salford are on the main Salford GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Salford show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2023: secondary school league table

14 state secondary schools in Salford ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Salford GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Local Authority 16 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Salford ranked on Attainment 8

14 of 16 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Salford ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	St Patrick's RC High School Manchester · Voluntary aided school	51.1	+0.39 (0.18 to 0.59)	51%	68%	4.74	183
2 , up 11 places since 2022	Beis Yaakov High School Salford · Academy converter	48.5	+0.20 (-0.16 to 0.55)	50%	80%	4.22	66
3	Salford City Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	45.4	+0.01 (-0.22 to 0.23)	46%	59%	4.12	173
4 , down 2 places since 2022	St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School Manchester · Voluntary aided school	44.4	-0.38 (-0.57 to -0.18)	43%	63%	3.68	210
5 , up 6 places since 2022	All Hallows RC High School Salford · Voluntary aided school	44.3	-0.16 (-0.42 to 0.09)	40%	61%	3.99	121
6 , down 1 place since 2022	Co-op Academy Walkden Manchester · Academy converter	42.9	-0.57 (-0.74 to -0.41)	41%	62%	3.69	296
7= , down 1 place since 2022	AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK Salford · University technical college	42.5	-0.57 (-0.90 to -0.24)	34%	58%	2.98	79
7=	Ellesmere Park High School Manchester · Academy converter	42.5	-0.34 (-0.56 to -0.12)	33%	54%	3.34	158
9 , down 1 place since 2022	Co-op Academy Swinton Manchester · Academy converter	40.8	-0.55 (-0.76 to -0.34)	32%	57%	3.49	187
10 , down 6 places since 2022	Oasis Academy MediaCityUK Manchester · Academy sponsor led	40.7	-0.28 (-0.51 to -0.05)	30%	46%	3.43	167
11 , up 3 places since 2022	The Lowry Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	40.5	-0.65 (-0.87 to -0.43)	36%	53%	3.38	178
12	Moorside High School Manchester · Academy converter	38.4	-0.96 (-1.16 to -0.77)	34%	57%	3.18	205
13 , down 4 places since 2022	Irlam and Cadishead Academy Manchester · Academy sponsor led	38.2	-0.48 (-0.72 to -0.25)	33%	51%	3.34	150
14 , down 5 places since 2022	The Albion Academy Salford · Academy converter	38.0	-0.47 (-0.72 to -0.23)	39%	54%	3.38	151
–	Buile Hill Academy Salford · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Star Salford Academy Worsley · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Salford with published 2023 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	3.0	0%	30
Beis Malka Girls school Salford · Other independent school	21.8	0%	20
Beis Ruchel Girls School Other independent school	7.7	0%	28
Bnos Yisroel School Manchester Salford · Other independent school	39.7	0%	48
Bridgewater School Manchester · Other independent school	54.2	61%	59
Edstart Other independent school	8.6	0%	29
Etz Chaim Boys School Other independent school	30.7	35%	51
Manchester Senior Girls School Salford · Other independent school	20.6	27%	26
OYY Lubavitch Boys School Salford · Other independent school	10.2	0%	17
Tiferes Salford · Other independent school	45.2	65%	23

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Salford GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Salford on our composite score

Salford GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Salford ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Salford with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Salford

Salford GCSE results: common questions