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University technical college · sixth form · 464 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
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Co-op Academy Swinton
- Pupils on roll
- 931of 1,075 places
- Free school meals
- 37.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 200
- Ofsted
- Good, 11 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Swinton High School (URN 105983, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Co-op Academy Swinton has no sixth form. Of the 187 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 65% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.6 against 46.1 across England and 42.9 in Salford, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Co-op Academy Swinton is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Salford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Co-op Academy Swinton | Salford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 187 | 2,558 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 85% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 78% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 2% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 12% | 16% | 13% |
| — further education college | 65% | 57% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 10% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Co-op Academy Swinton | Salford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.6 | 42.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 24% | 34% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.85 | 3.77 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 45% | 40% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.1 | 35.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.2 | 48.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 15% | 19% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 200 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 63% |
| English Language | 200 | 100% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 68% |
| English Literature | 198 | 99% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 179 | 90% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 54% |
| History | 126 | 63% | 41% | 22% | 26% | 58% |
| Design and Technology | 68 | 34% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 50% |
| Fine Art | 60 | 30% | 9% | 5% | 28% | 65% |
| Religious Studies | 58 | 29% | 31% | 17% | 32% | 57% |
| Geography | 54 | 27% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 33% |
| Spanish | 30 | 15% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 80% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 14% | 13% | 21% | 30% | 45% |
| French | 26 | 13% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 81% |
| Citizenship Studies | 22 | 11% | 3% | 14% | 19% | 64% |
| Physics | 21 | 11% | 23% | 62% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 21 | 11% | 23% | 52% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 11% | 23% | 86% | 47% | 100% |
| Drama | 16 | 8% | 7% | 31% | 27% | 75% |
| Chinese | 7 | 4% | 1% | 71% | 75% | 100% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 73 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 61 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 60 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 46 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 20 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 5 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.