Bridgewater School
Other independent school · Mixed · Salford
Drywood Hall, Manchester, M28 2WQ
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
439
Capacity used
Has space81%
540 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Judy Nairn
- Address
- Drywood Hall, Worsley Road, Manchester, M28 2WQ
- Phone
- 01617941463
- Local authority
- Salford
- Ward / constituency
- Worsley & Westwood Park · Worsley and Eccles
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105992
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 23% | — | — |
439 pupils · 540 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 53% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 77% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.22 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 27.83 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.22 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 60 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 32.38 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 13.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 19 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 58 | 26% | 67% | 83% | |
| Biology | 46 | 15% | 46% | 76% | |
| Physics | 41 | 27% | 61% | 85% | |
| Business | 31 | 16% | 45% | 71% | |
| History | 25 | 44% | 84% | 84% | |
| Chemistry | 24 | 42% | 88% | 100% | |
| Geography | 22 | 36% | 73% | 82% | |
| Art and Design | 20 | 60% | 90% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 20 | 25% | 65% | 90% | |
| Religious Studies | 18 | 44% | 78% | 83% | |
| Statistics | 17 | 53% | 88% | 100% | |
| Drama | 15 | 7% | 73% | 93% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 7 | 29% | 43% | 57% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 14% | 29% | |
| Psychology | 7 | 0% | 14% | 43% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| History | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Art and Design | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Language | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #352 of 1,857 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11567: Bridgewater School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.