Acer Academy, Salford
Acer Academy, Salford is a special free school in Salford for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 38 pupils and room for 64. About 66 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
Kintyre Avenue, Salford, M5 5DP0161 464 3533Mr Gwyn Owen headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Salford council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Autistic spectrum disorder (14), emotional and mental health (12), language and communications needs (7), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Other difficulty or disability (2), Specific learning difficulty (1).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quayside School | Independent | 110 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| King of Kings | Independent | 330 m | 28 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Willow Tree Primary School | Council | 670 m | 469 | No overall grade 2024 | 55 | Compare |
| AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUK | University technical college | 750 m | 464 | Good 2023 | 9 | Compare |
| Lark Hill Community Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 629 | Report card 2026 | 3 | Compare |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 437 | Requires improvement 2024 | – | Compare |
| Holy Family VA RC Primary School | Catholic | 0.7 miles | 238 | No overall grade 2025 | 33 | Compare |
| All Hallows RC High School | Roman Catholic | 0.9 miles | 752 | Good 2022 | 77 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Acer Academy, Salford a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Acer Academy, Salford yet.
How many pupils does Acer Academy, Salford have?
38 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 64 places, so it is 59% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Kintyre Avenue, Salford, M5 5DP
- Telephone
- 0161 464 3533
- Headteacher
- Mr Gwyn Owen
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Kings Academy Trust (6 schools)
- Local authority
- Salford
- Ward
- Weaste & Seedley
- Constituency
- Salford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
- URN
- 151728 · LAESTAB 3557001 · UKPRN 10098668
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.