Sale has 23 schools: 18 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. Between them they teach around 11,096 pupils. 18 of them have enough published data for a score, averaging 7.6 out of 10, and 4 score 8 or above.
4 schools have a sixth form. 16 have an attached nursery. 6 have a religious character, which usually means their own admissions criteria. 1 is selective and sets an entrance test.