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Secondary · M6 · Salford

Buile Hill Academy

Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8RD

NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance84.7%
AttainmentAttainment 8: 42.9
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils946

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in M6. Where we have them, council (Salford) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
946
Free school meals
45.8%
8.9% above district average (36.9%)

Also: Salford 37.7% · England 25.8%

SEN
22.2%
2.4% below district average (24.6%)

Also: Salford 21.2% · England 16.5%

EAL
29.3%
0.2% above district average (29.1%)
Attendance
84.7%
9.7% below district average (94.4%)

Also: Salford 91.1% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
42.1%
Attainment 8
42.9
Grade 5+ English & maths
50.6%
Grade 4+ English & maths
66.5%
Entered for EBacc
12.9%
EBacc average point score
3.84

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the M6 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
900
Pupils on roll
946

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Salford page.

SEN support

SEN %
22.2%
On-site provision
SEN unit · SEMH
Need types
SEMH

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates