Irlam and Cadishead Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Manchester · M44 5ZR · Salford
Ages 11–16
- Att840.5
- P8-0.1
- EM5+32%
- Absence9.0%
1.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 138124
Broadoak School
Academy converter · Manchester · M31 4BU
Ages 11–16 · 507 pupils · Trafford
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Attainment 8
44.4
Overall absence
9.3%
Admissions demand
0.84 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-04-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.58
−20+2
Attainment 844.4
English & maths grade 5+36%
English & maths grade 4+58%
EBacc entry65%
EBacc APS: 4.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)27.2%
Unauthorised4.1%
- Authorised absence
- 5.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 611
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.84 · Often has places
1st preferences
58
Places offered
111
1st-preference offers
58
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 118
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 72
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill64%
507 pupils · 792 places
- Pupils on roll
- 507
- Boys / girls
- 254 / 253
- School capacity
- 792
- Capacity fill
- 507 / 792 (64%)
- Free school meals
- 56%
- FSM pupils
- 282
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DEAN TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DEAN TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Dean Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Rob Downey
Location
- Address
- Warburton Lane, Partington
- Postcode
- M31 4BU
- Town
- Manchester
- Local authority
- Trafford
- District
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Manchester, Trafford, 507 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 56%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Lymm High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Lymm · WA13 0RB · Warrington
Ages 11–18
- Att860.1
- P80.7
- EM5+72%
- Absence7.3%
2.7 miles away
Wellacre Technology Academy
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Secondary
Manchester · M41 6AP · Trafford
Ages 11–16
- Att845.6
- P8-0.3
- EM5+47%
- Absence8.1%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Rob Downey
- Telephone
- 01617761977