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Best secondary schools in Trafford

18 of 19 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Trafford schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 4 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Altrincham grammar 1.32 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Loreto Grammar School Altrincham grammar 1.06 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.61 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Saint Ambrose College Altrincham grammar 1.04 Good oversubscribed 1.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Altrincham grammar 1.01 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Urmston Grammar Academy Manchester grammar 0.88 Good oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Sale Grammar School Sale grammar 0.8 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Stretford Grammar School Manchester grammar 0.8 Good improving oversubscribed 1.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Wellington School Altrincham 0.56 Good oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 North Cestrian School Altrincham hidden gem 0.49 Good undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College Altrincham 0.23 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Stretford High School Manchester hidden gem 0.07 Good declining about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Ashton-on-Mersey School Sale 0.04 Good declining about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Flixton Girls School Manchester hidden gem 0.02 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Altrincham College Altrincham hidden gem -0.03 Good undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester -0.17 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Wellacre Technology Academy Manchester -0.32 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Broadoak School Manchester -0.58 Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Lostock High School Manchester hidden gem -0.73 Good undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Trafford

1 further secondary school with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Trafford, not a fairer one.

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