Oasis Academy MediaCityUK
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Salford City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK is a secondary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Oasis Academy MediaCityUK catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as was also the case at 7 of the 14 other Salford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- A last distance was published for Year 7 in 3 of the 10 earlier years, and those distances swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 134 first-choice applications for 174 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the 3rd lowest of 15 Salford secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 27% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 38.7 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Salford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- King William Street, Salford, Manchester, M50 3UQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 989 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 December 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils experience a curriculum that is ambitious and broad ranging.”
- “With the help of the trust, leaders are beginning to address some of these historical weaknesses.”
- “This is starting to benefit some pupils.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teaching activities do not help pupils to build securely on their prior learning.”
- “As a result, they do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “Even so, some of this improvement work is new and its impact is at an early stage.Pupils, particularly those who are vulnerable, have trusting relationships with staff who know them and their needs well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 27% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 134 first-preference applications, 174 offers in total, 134 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Salford.
- AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK 0.5 mi Good
- The Albion Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Buile Hill Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Hallows RC High School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ellesmere Park High School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Beis Yaakov High School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moorside High School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC High School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published