North West
Secondary schools in Trafford
97 schools, 44,104 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 53.6.
Ofsted across Trafford
Good42
Outstanding11
Requires improvement4
No overall grade40
57 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 40 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Trafford
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsAcademy converter | Altrincham | Outstanding 2022 | 80.6 |
| Altrincham Grammar School for BoysAcademy converter | Altrincham | Outstanding 2022 | 78.5 |
| Saint Ambrose CollegeAcademy converter | Altrincham | No grade | 76.2 |
| Sale Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Sale | Outstanding 2022 | 76.1 |
| Stretford Grammar SchoolFoundation school | Manchester | Good 2024 | 74.4 |
| Loreto Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Altrincham | Outstanding 2022 | 73.7 |
| Urmston Grammar AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 71.7 |
| Wellington SchoolAcademy converter | Altrincham | Good 2022 | 57.3 |
| North Cestrian SchoolFree schools | Altrincham | No grade | 54.2 |
| Ashton-on-Mersey SchoolAcademy converter | Sale | Good 2024 | 52.1 |
| Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school | Altrincham | No grade | 48.9 |
| Altrincham CollegeAcademy converter | Altrincham | No grade | 48.5 |
| Flixton Girls SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 48.3 |
| Wellacre Technology AcademyAcademy converter | Manchester | Requires improvement 2023 | 46 |
| Stretford High SchoolFoundation school | Manchester | No grade | 44.4 |
| Lostock High SchoolCommunity school | Manchester | No grade | 43.7 |
| Broadoak SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Requires improvement 2024 | 42.4 |
| St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Requires improvement 2024 | 42.4 |
| Sale High SchoolAcademy converter | Sale | No grade | — |