Overall Oxbridge
#1,591
1 ranked schools · -677 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
10
Offers
1
Offer rate10.0%
-12.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Red-brick Victorian terraces and regenerated dock warehouses frame the western bank of the River Irwell, where Salford meets Manchester city centre across one of the narrowest urban boundaries in northern England. The city has a population of around 129,000. Granted a market charter around 1230, Salford was awarded city status in 1926, and its wider metropolitan borough takes in Eccles, Pendlebury, Swinton and Walkden.
Salford Central and Salford Crescent stations sit on Northern services into Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly, while the Metrolink tram network serves the MediaCityUK waterfront along Salford Quays. Higher Broughton is among the most sought-after pockets for school catchments, with Ordsall and Broughton extending the school-competitive residential belt northward. Little Hulton forms the more affordable northwestern edge of the borough.
Area Performance
Across 49 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.52/10, -0.87 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Salford schools
Salford vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Salford schools
top 68% of 14,978
top 68% of 14,978
top 37% of 3,862
top 37% of 3,862
top 50% of 2,555
top 50% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
1 ranked schools · -677 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
10
Offers
1
Oxford
1 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
4
Offers
0
Cambridge
1 ranked schools · -806 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
6
Offers
1
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