Contested schools in Salford
These are the Salford schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Salford
Secondary schools (8)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Hallows RC High School | 149 | 247 | 1.66 |
| Beis Yaakov High School | 40 | 52 | 1.30 |
| St Patrick's RC High School | 172 | 199 | 1.16 |
| Moorside High School | 204 | 233 | 1.14 |
| St Ambrose Barlow RC High School | 203 | 220 | 1.08 |
| Ellesmere Park High School | 173 | 177 | 1.02 |
| Salford City Academy | 175 | 173 | 0.99 |
| Star Salford Academy | 101 | 87 | 0.86 |
Primary schools (38)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's RC Primary School | 30 | 55 | 1.83 |
| James Brindley Community Primary School | 30 | 51 | 1.70 |
| Holy Family VA RC Primary School | 30 | 46 | 1.53 |
| St Mark's RC Primary School | 30 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Broadoak Primary School | 59 | 82 | 1.39 |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | 60 | 78 | 1.30 |
| Willow Tree Primary School | 59 | 73 | 1.24 |
| Beech Street Community Primary School | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| River View Community Primary School | 59 | 69 | 1.17 |
| The Cathedral School of St Peter and St John RC Primary | 30 | 35 | 1.17 |
| The Deans Primary School | 59 | 67 | 1.14 |
| Christ The King RC Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School | 60 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Wardley CofE Primary School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| St Philip's RC Primary School | 45 | 48 | 1.07 |
| St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School | 40 | 42 | 1.05 |
| St Gilbert's RC Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Irlam Primary School | 60 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Dukesgate Academy | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| Irlam Endowed Primary School | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| North Walkden Primary School | 25 | 25 | 1 |
| St Andrew's Methodist Primary School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy | 28 | 27 | 0.96 |
| St Edmund's RC Primary School | 40 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Grosvenor Road Primary School | 59 | 55 | 0.93 |
| Lower Kersal Community Primary School | 28 | 26 | 0.93 |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School | 30 | 28 | 0.93 |
| St Mary's RC Primary School | 30 | 28 | 0.93 |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | 54 | 49 | 0.91 |
| St George's CofE Primary School | 21 | 19 | — |
| St Sebastian's RC Primary School | 30 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Monton Green Primary School | 59 | 51 | 0.86 |
| Mesne Lea Primary School | 57 | 48 | 0.84 |
| Mossfield Primary School | 25 | 21 | 0.84 |
| Ellenbrook Community Primary School | 60 | 46 | 0.77 |
| St Augustine's CofE Primary School | 22 | 17 | — |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School | 30 | 22 | 0.73 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.