The Swinton High School is proud to be the first converter academy in Salford and everyone at the school is looking forward to serving the community and raising standards, free from local authority control with the substantial extra funding that academy status brings.

Year-on-year, St Ambrose Barlow has performed consistently high at GCSE, and this year is no exception with 99 per cent of pupils gaining five A* to C grades and 82 per cent achieving five A* to C grades including English and maths. These results are way above the national average, but the five A* to C grades including English and maths result is one of the highest in the country.