Co-op Academy Swinton
Secondary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Co-op Academy Swinton is a secondary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Co-op Academy Swinton 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
- In Year 7 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 7 of the 14 other Salford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 122 first-choice applications for 166 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 15 Salford secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 44 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 31% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Salford.
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
- Sefton Road, Pendlebury, Swinton, Manchester, M27 6JU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 931 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “The school has improved the quality of education that pupils receive.”
- “Pupils appreciate the positive impact that the school has on their behaviour and on their learning.”
- “They value the high standards that the school expects of their academic achievement and conduct.”
To improve
- “While the impact of the improved curriculum is evident in current pupils’ learning, this is not reflected in the 2023 published outcomes.”
- “This is because the legacy of a weaker curriculum, destabilised staffing and pupils’ poor rates of attendance have led to gaps in some older pupils’ knowledge.”
- “However, some teachers have not addressed the gaps in some older pupils’ knowledge as effectively as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2024 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.6 | 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: 122 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 122 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.
- Moorside High School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ellesmere Park High School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Walkden 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- All Hallows RC High School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Buile Hill Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC High School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Lowry Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published