Star Salford Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Worsley, Salford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Salford City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Star Salford Academy is a secondary school in Worsley, Salford for ages 11–16 (free schools). Salford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Star Salford 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 87 first-choice applications for 101 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 15 Salford secondary schools.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 14 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 61.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against 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
- 124 Longshaw Drive, Worsley, M28 0BB
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Salford
- Pupils on roll
- 389 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 87 first-preference applications, 101 offers in total, 87 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 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Walkden 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Ambrose Barlow RC High School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorside High School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Co-op Academy Swinton 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Salford City Academy 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's RC High School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ellesmere Park High School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published