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Urmston Grammar Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,137Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136297URN

Newton Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5UG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.6per place
3.5 above Trafford median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in TraffordSelective

1,116 applications for 169 places · 2nd of 19 in Trafford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
75.6of 90
3rd of 18 in Trafford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 17 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • 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. 14 July 2026
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 24 May 2022
    Graded inspection: 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
6.6applications per place, Year 7
3.5 above Trafford median (3.1) 4.4 above England median (2.2)

1,116 applications · 169 places offered · 237 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 6.6; Trafford median median 3.1
  2. 2025 6.3; Trafford median median 2.7
  3. 2024 6.4; Trafford median median 2.6
  4. 2023 6.0; Trafford median median 2.8
  5. 2022 5.2; Trafford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 9.4; Trafford median median 3.4
  7. 2020 6.9; Trafford median median 2.5
  8. 2019 6.0; Trafford median median 2.8
  9. 2018 6.5; Trafford median median 2.6
  10. 2017 5.8; Trafford median median 2.9
  11. 2016 4.4; Trafford median median 2.4
  12. 2015 4.6; Trafford median median 2.5
  13. 2014 4.2; Trafford median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Trafford median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Trafford median

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

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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 20261691,1166.62371.40
Sep 20251691,0566.32161.28
Sep 20241641,0546.42411.47
Sep 20231529056.01991.31
Sep 20221799265.22421.35
Sep 20211511,4249.43712.46
Sep 20201541,0616.93362.18
Sep 20191509026.02181.45
Sep 20181539996.52731.78
Sep 20171639395.83211.97
Sep 20161596984.42841.79
Sep 20151537044.62941.92
Sep 20141536384.22701.76

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

151 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)75.63rd of 18 in Trafford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths99%4th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths99%
  • This school
  • Trafford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.88
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15175.699%99%–
2024/2515271.795%99%–
2023/2415075.999%100%+0.88
2022/2315172.797%100%+0.43

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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136297 · 358/5405
Trust
Urmston Grammar
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,097 pupils · 1,137 on roll
Free school meals
7.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Urmston Grammar School (URN 106369)
Address
Newton Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5UG
Local authority
Trafford

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