Lostock High School
Manchester, M32 9PL · Trafford · secondary school
17th of 18 secondary schools in Trafford we can score, 19 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 4.6/10 against 489 of them, against 2.7/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 8 | 35% | 0.30 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 39.8 · 40 | 30% | 1.20 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.73 · 7 | 25% | 0.19 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 43.7 · 38 | 10% | 0.38 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. Ofsted rated the school Good in March 2026. In 2024/25, 39.8% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 43.7, slightly below the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.73 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (4.6 out of 10 against similar schools, 2.7 out of 10 against all schools).
Getting in. The school has 513 pupils in a capacity of 740, leaving 227 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to improve their Progress 8 scores? What specific opportunities exist for students to develop skills beyond the core curriculum? How do teachers manage class sizes to ensure individual attention in smaller groups?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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