Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in TraffordSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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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 entry387 applications · 207 places offered · 199 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Trafford median median 3.1
- 2025 1.8; Trafford median median 2.7
- 2024 1.9; Trafford median median 2.6
- 2023 1.9; Trafford median median 2.8
- 2022 1.9; Trafford median median 2.6
- 2021 2.0; Trafford median median 3.4
- 2020 2.1; Trafford median median 2.5
- 2019 2.2; Trafford median median 2.8
- 2018 2.6; Trafford median median 2.6
- 2017 2.4; Trafford median median 2.9
- 2016 2.4; Trafford median median 2.4
- 2015 2.0; Trafford median median 2.5
- 2014 1.7; Trafford median median 2.5
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 207 | 387 | 1.9 | 199 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 205 | 359 | 1.8 | 166 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 197 | 383 | 1.9 | 175 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 216 | 400 | 1.9 | 203 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 192 | 359 | 1.9 | 167 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 188 | 366 | 2.0 | 136 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2020 | 190 | 407 | 2.1 | 166 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 185 | 404 | 2.2 | 167 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 179 | 471 | 2.6 | 206 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 179 | 434 | 2.4 | 173 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 172 | 412 | 2.4 | 164 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 192 | 378 | 2.0 | 153 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 188 | 326 | 1.7 | 110 | 0.59 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 179 | 46.9 | 44% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 172 | 48.3 | 44% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 176 | 49.2 | 55% | 78% | +0.02 |
| 2022/23 | 184 | 47.8 | 45% | 73% | −0.12 |
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
- Flixton Girls SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.9applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Trafford20266.6applications per place 75.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.6 km · Trafford20261.5applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · TraffordRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Trafford20262.3applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Salford20261.6applications per place 44.6Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Salford20252.6applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · TraffordRemains Good20243.9applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · SalfordGood20241.2applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 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
- 136965 · 358/4014
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 981 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Flixton Girls' High School (URN 106364)
- Address
- Flixton Road, Trafford, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5DR
- Local authority
- Trafford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources