SCHOOL PROFILE

Star Salford Academy: data, trends and context

Star Salford Academy is a secondary school in Salford. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
149767
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Salford
Region
North West
Trust
STAR ACADEMIES
Postcode
M28 0BB
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
389
FSM eligible
61.4%
EAL / First language other than English
16.5%
SEND (total)
27.2%
SEN Support
23.1%
EHCP
4.1%
White British
66.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.6%
Overall absence
10.4%
Persistent absence
32.4%
Severe absence
6.7%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
SalfordLocal authority90.2%9.8%5.1%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
8.3%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
4.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.36%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Star Salford Academy against 25 similar schools

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Star Salford Academy is a secondary school in Salford. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.