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Altrincham Grammar School for Girls vs Loreto Grammar School

Both are grammar schools in Trafford, 0.5 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Loreto Grammar School
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Girls Girls
Pupils on roll 1,381 1,075
Free school meals 7.4% 5.5%
Ofsted rating Outstanding Outstanding
Attainment 8 — 2025/26 77.8 75.2
11+ test board GL Assessment School's own entrance examination (Maths; English and Verbal Reasoning by GL)
Admission system pass/fail + catchment (passing the test is a gate; living in the catchment area determines priority over score) pass/fail then criteria order (score doesn't give priority after passing)
Places offered — 202627 209 160
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.34 1.61

Qualifying scores

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

334 (2026 entry)

Trafford Consortium qualifying score: 334 or above (standardised, across the two consortium papers). Reaching 334 is eligibility, not an offer — each school's oversubscription criteria then apply.

Council source ↗

Loreto Grammar School

Not published as a fixed pass mark. Loreto Grammar School runs its own 'Governors' Entrance Exam' (3 papers); girls meeting the school's standard are then prioritised by the Catholic faith-based oversubscription criteria, with distance only as a tiebreaker.

Council source ↗

These schools use different tests (GL Assessment and School's own entrance examination (Maths; English and Verbal Reasoning by GL)), so their pass marks are set on different scales and cannot be compared as numbers.

Who gets priority

Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children, wherever they live
  2. Girls in the catchment area (8-mile radius) receiving the Pupil Premium
  3. Girls in the catchment area with a sister at the school
  4. Other girls in the catchment area — nearest first
  5. Girls outside the catchment area receiving the Pupil Premium — nearest first
  6. Girls outside the catchment area with a sister at the school — nearest first

Source: school admissions policy.

Loreto Grammar School

  1. Baptised Roman Catholic looked after and previously looked after girls
  2. Baptised Roman Catholic girls with a sister at the school
  3. Baptised Roman Catholic girls at an associated primary school living in a nominated Local Pastoral Area
  4. Other baptised Roman Catholic girls
  5. Other looked after and previously looked after girls
  6. Baptised girls of other denominations

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Both schools admit girls, so the decision usually comes down to the admission criteria above and how far each one reaches. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.

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