Primary and secondary schools across Salford have seen a steady performance compared to this time last year, a new Ofsted report has revealed.
According to The Education and Skills Annual Report, primary schools in Salford showed a 1% drop in performance from last year.
However 82% of primary school children in the city are in schools which are rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’.
Secondary schools in the city performed the same as they did last year, with the report showing there was no change to the statistic of 59% of pupils being in ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ schools.
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Cllr John Merry, executive lead member for children’s services, learning and skills said: “Our GCSE results went up by 2% this year, despite some exam boards moving their English grade boundaries which led to some pupils not getting the results they predicted.
“Our students and school staff worked really hard to deliver results and I’m very proud of them.”
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Neighbouring local authority Trafford has the highest performing primary and secondary schools in the North West, according to the report, as schools there also experienced little or no change in performance levels.
Schools in neighbouring city Manchester performed a lot better this year compared to 2014, with 74% of secondary school pupils being in a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ school, a figure that has risen by 10%.
Overall across the North West, the outlook was promising, with both primary and secondary schools showing improvement in performance.
69% of secondary schools were judged ‘Good’ or better by August 2015; this is up from 67% in the previous year.
The amount of primary schools that were judged ‘Good’ or better by August 2015 increased by 2% to 88% this year.
