Buile Hill Academy
Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–16Mixed
Eccles Old Road, Salford, M6 8RD
Headteacher · Mr James Haslam
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Key facts
Pupils870Capacity 900
OfstedRequires improvementInspected 8 June 2022
TrustNorthern Education Trust
Free school meals45.3%
SEN provisionSEN unit
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded inspection on 8 June 2022 (as Buile Hill Academy).
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- SafeguardingEffective
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.
How to apply in SalfordApplications for September 2026
110 of the 111 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered178
Applications271
First choice111
First-choice offers110
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).
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