Loreto Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Trafford
Dunham Road, Altrincham, WA14 4AH
100
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 28/09/2022
Application demand
58%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
96.1%
5.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,075
Capacity used
Over capacity103%
1,041 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
58%
1st preference success rate
153 of 263 families who put it first got an offer
159
Places offered
444
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 263 | 153 | ● 58% |
| 2nd preference | 90 | 6 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 46 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 45 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 444 | 159 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Trafford lets families list 5 preferences. 185 applications came from outside the council area (74 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
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jane Beever
- Address
- Dunham Road, Altrincham, WA14 4AH
- Phone
- 01619283703
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Ward / constituency
- Altrincham · Altrincham and Sale West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138464
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 6% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 14% | — | — |
| SEN support | 2% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LORETO GRAMMAR SCHOOL
1,075 pupils · 1,041 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
28 September 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 · 789 pupils
Attendance
96.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
3.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
5.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.5%
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 | 76.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.06 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 98% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 100% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 7.24 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 46.11 | — | — |
Average grade: A- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 73.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 92.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 97.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 80.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.9 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 157 | — |
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 | 43.63 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 33.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 137 | — |
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 | 157 | 60% | 93% | 99% | |
| English Language | 157 | 66% | 96% | 97% | |
| English Literature | 156 | 65% | 97% | 99% | |
| Religious Studies | 155 | 93% | 98% | 99% | |
| History | 96 | 68% | 96% | 99% | |
| Combined Science | 82 | 56% | 96% | 99% | |
| Biology | 74 | 84% | 97% | 99% | |
| Physics | 72 | 85% | 99% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 72 | 83% | 99% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 57 | 75% | 93% | 98% | |
| Geography | 56 | 89% | 100% | 100% | |
| French | 45 | 67% | 89% | 96% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 62 | 15% | 48% | 71% | |
| Chemistry | 56 | 9% | 52% | 80% | |
| Biology | 55 | 13% | 42% | 73% | |
| Psychology | 53 | 32% | 64% | 89% | |
| History | 25 | 12% | 36% | 92% | |
| Physics | 21 | 10% | 29% | 48% | |
| Geography | 18 | 11% | 56% | 94% | |
| English Literature | 18 | 17% | 44% | 72% | |
| Sociology | 16 | 19% | 69% | 100% | |
| Business Studies | 13 | 15% | 69% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 25% | 58% | 92% | |
| Economics | 9 | 11% | 56% | 67% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10216: Loreto Grammar School, Altrincham
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 7 |
| 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) | 74% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 100% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 74% | — | — |
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.