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Lostock High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 513Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 106365URN

Selby Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 9PL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.8 below Trafford median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in TraffordSelective

173 applications for 77 places · 15th of 19 in Trafford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.4of 90
18th of 18 in Trafford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 17 March 2026Published 10 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 17 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 22 September 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below Trafford median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

173 applications · 77 places offered · 36 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Trafford median median 3.1
  2. 2025 1.7; Trafford median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.3; Trafford median median 2.6
  4. 2023 1.1; Trafford median median 2.8
  5. 2022 0.8; Trafford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 0.9; Trafford median median 3.4
  7. 2020 2.0; Trafford median median 2.5
  8. 2019 2.8; Trafford median median 2.8
  9. 2018 1.9; Trafford median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.8; Trafford median median 2.9
  11. 2016 1.4; Trafford median median 2.4
  12. 2015 1.3; Trafford median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.3; Trafford median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Trafford median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Trafford median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026771732.3360.47
Sep 2025911511.7350.38
Sep 2024731672.3260.36
Sep 20231271381.1260.20
Sep 20221461200.8270.18
Sep 20211421240.9210.15
Sep 2020641292.0220.34
Sep 2019421172.8200.48
Sep 2018911741.9290.32
Sep 20171071881.8520.49
Sep 20161331861.4550.41
Sep 20151061381.3400.38
Sep 2014951251.3400.42

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

125 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.418th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%17th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%
  • This school
  • Trafford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.73
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12537.433%50%–
2024/2511343.740%57%–
2023/248238.431%50%−0.73
2022/235540.331%46%−0.31

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
106365 · 358/4015
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
740 pupils · 513 on roll
Free school meals
40.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Address
Selby Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 9PL
Local authority
Trafford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources