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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 20 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 6 March 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry1,047 applications · 175 places offered · 112 named it first
- 2026 6.0; Trafford median median 3.1
- 2025 6.2; Trafford median median 2.7
- 2024 6.1; Trafford median median 2.6
- 2023 6.9; Trafford median median 2.8
- 2022 5.9; Trafford median median 2.6
- 2021 5.5; Trafford median median 3.4
- 2020 4.8; Trafford median median 2.5
- 2019 4.5; Trafford median median 2.8
- 2018 4.6; Trafford median median 2.6
- 2017 4.9; Trafford median median 2.9
- 2016 5.0; Trafford median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Trafford median
Dashed bars: as North Cestrian Grammar School (URN 106380), the previous school.
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 | 175 | 1,047 | 6.0 | 112 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 | 1,088 | 6.2 | 156 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 1,043 | 6.1 | 156 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 170 | 1,177 | 6.9 | 175 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 168 | 985 | 5.9 | 132 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 148 | 808 | 5.5 | 63 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2020 | 150 | 717 | 4.8 | 95 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2019 | 150 | 670 | 4.5 | 72 | 0.48 |
| Sep 2018 | 155 | 719 | 4.6 | 89 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2017 | 137 | 667 | 4.9 | 101 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 * | 116 | 578 | 5.0 | 80 | 0.69 |
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.) | 154 | 52.9 | 58% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 148 | 54.2 | 60% | 86% | – |
| 2023/24 | 153 | 55.0 | 56% | 74% | +0.49 |
| 2022/23 | 137 | 49.9 | 50% | 74% | +0.08 |
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
- North Cestrian SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20246.0applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 0.1 km · TraffordOutstanding20222.8applications per place 75.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.8 km · TraffordOutstanding20222.1applications per place 77.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.0 km · TraffordGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · TraffordOutstanding20222.3applications per place 79.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.5 km · TraffordRemains Good20224.8applications per place 55.7Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Trafford20265.7applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Trafford20253.1applications per place 72.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.6 km · TraffordRemains Good20243.9applications per place 52.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143104 · 358/6003
- Trust
- The Hamblin Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 755 pupils · 799 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 5 September 2016
- Replaced
- North Cestrian Grammar School (URN 106380)
- Address
- Dunham Road, Altrincham, WA14 4AJ
- Local authority
- Trafford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources