Secondary
St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
37 Ash Drive, Wardley, Manchester, M27 9QP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1078 of 1050 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.2
- Local authority
- Salford
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 118.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 152.8
- Pupils per adult
- 7.1
- Pupils
- 1,083
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
November 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
38%
4 points below the Salford average (42% across 15 schools)
44.2
0.6 below the Salford average (44.8 across 15 schools)
7th of 15 by our score, among the secondary schools in Salford we can score - 20 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.85 |
| Entered the EBacc | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.05 |
| 22/23 | -0.38 |
| 23/24 | -0.23 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.3 |
| 22/23 | 44.4 |
| 23/24 | 45.8 |
| 24/25 | 44.2 |
37 Ash Drive, Wardley, Manchester, M27 9QP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Salford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ben Davis
- Address
- 37 Ash Drive, Wardley, Manchester, M27 9QP
- Telephone
- 01619211570