Sale Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Trafford
Marsland Road, Sale, M33 3NH
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 29/06/2022
Application demand
65%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
96.5%
4.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,352
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,341 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
65%
1st preference success rate
138 of 213 families who put it first got an offer
193
Places offered
1087
Total applications
5.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 213 | 138 | ● 65% |
| 2nd preference | 502 | 46 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 243 | 7 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 129 | 2 | ● 2% |
| Total | 1087 | 193 | 18% |
1st preference success by year
Trafford lets families list 5 preferences. 317 applications came from outside the council area (58 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rebecca Smith
- Address
- Marsland Road, Sale, M33 3NH
- Phone
- 01619733217
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Ward / constituency
- Sale Central · Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136498
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 3% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 6% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SALE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
1,352 pupils · 1,341 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
29 June 2022
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 965 pupils
Attendance
96.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
3.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
4.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
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 | 75.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.80 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 98% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 100% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 7.14 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 44.42 | — | — |
Average grade: B+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 76.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 96.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 100% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 80.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.25 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 192 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 45.32 | 35 |
| Average grade | A- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 38.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 192 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 192 | 83% | 99% | 100% | |
| English Language | 192 | 72% | 97% | 99% | |
| English Literature | 191 | 57% | 97% | 100% | |
| Biology | 113 | 82% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 113 | 81% | 99% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 113 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Business | 98 | 79% | 100% | 100% | |
| French | 97 | 59% | 84% | 93% | |
| Geography | 95 | 69% | 98% | 99% | |
| Spanish | 94 | 65% | 91% | 97% | |
| Social Studies | 80 | 80% | 96% | 99% | |
| Combined Science | 79 | 71% | 97% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 95 | 29% | 66% | 83% | |
| Chemistry | 74 | 15% | 38% | 73% | |
| Biology | 71 | 23% | 56% | 77% | |
| Psychology | 48 | 35% | 67% | 88% | |
| Physics | 47 | 15% | 43% | 64% | |
| Economics | 35 | 34% | 66% | 97% | |
| History | 29 | 31% | 76% | 97% | |
| Business Studies | 27 | 67% | 78% | 96% | |
| Religious Studies | 22 | 18% | 59% | 95% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 19 | 5% | 37% | 74% | |
| English Literature | 18 | 28% | 44% | 83% | |
| Spanish | 16 | 6% | 56% | 94% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10274: Sale Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 14 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 67% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 100% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 68% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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: 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.