Stretford High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Trafford
Great Stone Road, Manchester, M32 0XA
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 03/12/2019
Application demand
83%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.6%
29.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,000
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,000 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
83%
1st preference success rate
149 of 180 families who put it first got an offer
194
Places offered
503
Total applications
2.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 180 | 149 | ● 83% |
| 2nd preference | 116 | 32 | ● 28% |
| 3rd preference | 88 | 8 | ● 9% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 119 | 5 | ● 4% |
| Total | 503 | 194 | 39% |
1st preference success by year
Trafford lets families list 5 preferences. 53 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nicola Doward
- Address
- Great Stone Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0XA
- Phone
- 01618761850
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Ward / constituency
- Gorse Hill & Cornbrook · Stretford and Urmston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 106370
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 46% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 48% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,000 pupils · 1,000 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
13 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained - 19
03 December 2019
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,001 pupils
Attendance
90.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
29.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.07 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 45% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.89 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 36.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 8.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.56 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 185 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 272 | 8% | 38% | 58% | |
| Mathematics | 183 | 13% | 44% | 68% | |
| English Literature | 183 | 17% | 53% | 73% | |
| Combined Science | 120 | 5% | 34% | 60% | |
| History | 63 | 6% | 41% | 56% | |
| Social Studies | 63 | 30% | 75% | 83% | |
| Biology | 61 | 26% | 49% | 69% | |
| Physics | 61 | 25% | 56% | 75% | |
| Chemistry | 61 | 30% | 52% | 70% | |
| Business | 46 | 4% | 26% | 41% | |
| Religious Studies | 43 | 37% | 81% | 91% | |
| Art and Design | 29 | 52% | 93% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Trafford council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.