Ellesmere Park High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.175 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ellesmere Park High School is a secondary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Ellesmere Park High School 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 | 1.175 mi |
| 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 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.175 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 6 Salford secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2016, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 177 first-choice applications for 173 offers; 141 offers went to first-choice families, and 36 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with Attainment 8 at 45.8 (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
- Wentworth Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 818 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this vibrant and inclusive school.”
- “They are happy and they enjoy learning.”
- “The pride that pupils have in their school community is tangible, for example, through the work that they do to raise money for charities.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, these improvements are at an earlier stage.”
- “Leaders in these subjects have not defined exactly what pupils need to remember in the long term.”
- “This hinders teachers in designing effective learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 2023 (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) | 43% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.8 | 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: 177 first-preference applications, 173 offers in total, 141 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.
- All Hallows RC High School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Moorside High School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Buile Hill Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Swinton 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK 2.0 mi Good
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Salford City Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published