Co-op Academy Walkden

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–16Mixed

Old Clough Lane, Walkden, Worsley, Manchester, M28 7JB

Headteacher · Mr Matt Hacker

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,414Capacity 1,500

OfstedGoodInspected 23 May 2023

TrustThe Co-Operative Academies Trust

Free school meals29.6%

SEN provisionResourced provision

Good

Graded inspection on 23 May 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Salford council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

265 of the 274 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered294

Applications494

First choice274

First-choice offers265

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).