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Arbour Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Alternative provision academy
Canterbury Gardens, 640 Eccles New Road, Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 5AG · arbouracademy.uk · 0161 464 3483
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Pupils
- 44
- 68% of 65 places
- Local authority
- Salford
- Free school meals
- 72.7%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Kings Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
| Left in 2023/24 | |
|---|---|
| Further education | 44.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 55.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Arbour Academy on 3 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2024
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135952), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2024Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135952)
Before September 2019
Jan 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135952)
Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135952)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 10
- 38% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied