Buile Hill Academy

School overview

Buile Hill Academy is a secondary school serving Salford, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 901 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Buile Hill Academy 'Requires improvement'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 42.9, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

51% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 99% of the families who made Buile Hill Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 19.1%. There are about 24.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Buile Hill Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.