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St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 688Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 148026URN

Bradfield Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 9PD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.6 below Trafford median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in TraffordSelective

368 applications for 149 places · 12th of 19 in Trafford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.3of 90
16th of 18 in Trafford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 5 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Trafford median (3.1) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

368 applications · 149 places offered · 126 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.5; Trafford median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.4; Trafford median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.5; Trafford median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.8; Trafford median median 2.8
  5. 2022 2.7; Trafford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 2.7; Trafford median median 3.4
  7. 2020 2.6; Trafford median median 2.5; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.5; Trafford median median 2.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.5; Trafford median median 2.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.6; Trafford median median 2.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.6; Trafford median median 2.4; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Trafford median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.1; Trafford median median 2.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Trafford median in 1 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • Trafford median

Dashed bars: as St Antony's Catholic College (URN 106372), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261493682.51260.85
Sep 20251463432.41260.86
Sep 20241443602.51280.89
Sep 20231403882.81110.79
Sep 20221303452.71411.08
Sep 20211283512.7870.68
Sep 2020 *1383632.61080.78
Sep 2019 *1403462.51060.76
Sep 2018 *1002492.5660.66
Sep 2017 *1062802.6700.66
Sep 2016 *842172.6540.64
Sep 2015 *872252.6630.72
Sep 2014 *1142362.1670.59

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

128 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.316th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%15th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Trafford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12844.339%60%–
2024/2513442.434%53%–
2023/2413343.329%62%−0.17
2022/2310341.533%51%−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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
148026 · 358/4005
Trust
Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
650 pupils · 688 on roll
Free school meals
32.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2020
Replaced
St Antony's Catholic College (URN 106372)
Address
Bradfield Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 9PD
Local authority
Trafford

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