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Secondary · M27 · Manchester

St Ambrose Barlow RC High School

37 Ash Drive, Wardley, Manchester, M27 9QP

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance94.9%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.23
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1078

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (9 Mar 2022).

  • 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.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in M27. 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
1078
Free school meals
30%
1.1% above district average (28.9%)

Also: Salford 37.7% · England 25.8%

SEN
22.7%
3.5% below district average (26.2%)

Also: Salford 21.2% · England 16.5%

EAL
19.5%
0.6% above district average (18.9%)
Attendance
94.9%
0.3% below district average (95.2%)

Also: Salford 91.1% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the M27 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

12.4%

9.5% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.23

0.23 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

44.2

2.5 below England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

38%

8.2% below England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

66.8%

0.9% above England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

31.7%

9.4% below England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

3.85

0.3 below England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 95.9%
    2020/21
  • 91.3%
    2021/22
  • 91.9%
    2022/23
  • 92.7%
    2023/24
  • 92.9%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1050
Pupils on roll
1078

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 %
22.7%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD

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: Aug 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.
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  • Methodology · Data updates