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Altrincham College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 973Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138614URN

Green Lane, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 8QW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.7per place
2.6 above Trafford median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in TraffordSelective

1,080 applications for 190 places · 4th of 19 in Trafford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.0of 90
13th of 18 in Trafford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 23 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 17 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
5.7applications per place, Year 7
2.6 above Trafford median (3.1) 3.4 above England median (2.2)

1,080 applications · 190 places offered · 120 named it first

  1. 2026 5.7; Trafford median median 3.1
  2. 2025 5.9; Trafford median median 2.7
  3. 2024 6.2; Trafford median median 2.6
  4. 2023 6.7; Trafford median median 2.8
  5. 2022 5.3; Trafford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 4.4; Trafford median median 3.4
  7. 2020 4.8; Trafford median median 2.5
  8. 2019 5.1; Trafford median median 2.8
  9. 2018 4.8; Trafford median median 2.6
  10. 2017 5.3; Trafford median median 2.9
  11. 2016 5.2; Trafford median median 2.4
  12. 2015 4.5; Trafford median median 2.5
  13. 2014 4.8; 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

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 20261901,0805.71200.63
Sep 20251861,1005.9920.49
Sep 20241821,1306.21030.57
Sep 20231801,2136.71230.68
Sep 20221759245.31190.68
Sep 20211677414.4870.52
Sep 20201738314.81350.78
Sep 20191748955.11190.68
Sep 20181858804.81150.62
Sep 20171759285.31620.93
Sep 20161698805.21701.01
Sep 20151888464.51560.83
Sep 20141899094.81860.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

171 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.013th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%14th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%
  • This school
  • Trafford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.03
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17147.039%64%–
2024/2517448.548%69%–
2023/2416948.249%65%−0.03
2022/2317646.243%68%−0.20

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
138614 · 358/4024
Trust
Achieve and Learn Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,018 pupils · 973 on roll
Free school meals
29.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Altrincham College of Arts (URN 106367)
Address
Green Lane, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Local authority
Trafford

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