The Lowry Academy
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 🔒
The Lowry Academy is a secondary school in Manchester, Salford for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2024. Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
The Lowry Academy 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 2024/25, 44% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44.7 (England 46).
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 2 of the 11 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 127 first-choice applications for 147 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- At 58.6%, the share of pupils eligible for free school meals compares with a middle figure of 33% across 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
- Hilton Lane, Little Hulton, Worsley, Manchester, M28 0SY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 884 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils joining the school, whether in Year 7 or at other times, quickly settle in.”
- “There are clear and well-adopted routines for how pupils should learn and behave.”
- “These help most pupils to feel happy in school.”
To improve
- “In the past, due to weaknesses in the quality of education provided by the school, pupils did not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, at times, these checks are not as effective as they should be in identifying learning that pupils have forgotten.”
- “This hampers teachers’ efforts to address gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.7 | 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: 127 first-preference applications, 147 offers in total, 127 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.
- Star Salford Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Walkden 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorside High School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Swinton 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Salford City Academy 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC High School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ellesmere Park High School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published