Co-op Academy Walkden
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Salford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.27 miles
Published by Salford City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Co-op Academy Walkden is a secondary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Co-op Academy Walkden 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 | 2.27 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 2.27 miles away, the 2nd longest of the 6 Salford secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance was about the same in 2026 as in 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 274 first-choice applications for 294 offers; 265 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 43.6 (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
- Old Clough Lane, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, M28 7JB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Co-op Academy Walkden quickly become part of the school community, and staff encourage them to ‘be yourself, always’.”
- “This is an inclusive school where pupils share positive and respectful relationships with their peers and teachers.”
- “Staff take the time to get to know pupils and their families well.”
To improve
- “Although some pupils who left Year 11 in 2022 did not achieve outcomes in line with their peers nationally in external examinations, these results do not reflect the progress of current pupils through the curriculum.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, there is variability in how well some teachers implement the curriculum.”
- “Some do not use agreed teaching methods well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.6 | 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: 274 first-preference applications, 294 offers in total, 265 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.
- The Lowry Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorside High School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Star Salford Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Swinton 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC High School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Salford City Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ellesmere Park High School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published