Secondary schools in Trafford
Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.
Trafford has 19 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 3,338 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 92% stayed in education (England 86%): 42% in a school sixth form, 20% at a sixth form college, 27% at a further education college.
Apprenticeships take 2% of leavers, well below the England rate of 3%.
3% of leavers had no sustained destination six months on, fewer than the 6% across England.
After sixth form, 38% of students in Trafford went to university (England 37%), and 30% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).
After Year 11: Trafford against England
| Measure | Trafford | England |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 3,338 | 607,348 |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 42% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 37% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 6% |
Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went
One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.
Map of secondary schools in Trafford
Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.
State-funded secondary schools (19)
Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altrincham CollegeAcademy converter · sixth form | 973 | 88% | 31% | 41% | 2% | 43% | 48.5 | 48% |
| Altrincham Grammar School for BoysAcademy converter · sixth form · selective | 1,432 | 99% | 96% | 2% | 0% | 75% | 78.5 | 99% |
| Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsAcademy converter · sixth form · selective | 1,381 | 100% | 87% | — | 0% | 78% | 80.6 | 100% |
| Ashton-on-Mersey SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,609 | 90% | 36% | 31% | 3% | 45% | 52.1 | 58% |
| Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school · sixth form | 1,638 | 86% | 34% | 27% | 5% | 67% | 48.9 | 42% |
| Broadoak SchoolAcademy converter | 507 | 83% | 27% | 45% | 3% | — | 42.4 | 28% |
| Flixton Girls SchoolAcademy converter | 981 | 94% | 8% | 60% | 2% | — | 48.3 | 44% |
| Loreto Grammar SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form · selective | 1,075 | 99% | 81% | 1% | 1% | 79% | 73.7 | 92% |
| Lostock High SchoolCommunity school | 513 | 85% | 2% | 60% | 2% | — | 43.7 | 40% |
| North Cestrian SchoolFree schools | 799 | 87% | 34% | 41% | 4% | — | 54.2 | 60% |
| Saint Ambrose CollegeAcademy converter · sixth form · selective | 1,096 | 99% | 74% | 3% | 0% | 73% | 76.2 | 98% |
| Sale Grammar SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form · selective | 1,352 | 95% | 80% | 4% | 3% | 72% | 76.1 | 97% |
| Sale High SchoolAcademy converter | 1,103 | 88% | 13% | 43% | 2% | — | 49.0 | 46% |
| St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 688 | 81% | 5% | 45% | 0% | — | 42.4 | 34% |
| Stretford Grammar SchoolFoundation school · sixth form · selective | 956 | 97% | 43% | 4% | 1% | 61% | 74.4 | 96% |
| Stretford High SchoolFoundation school | 1,000 | 88% | 3% | 47% | 3% | — | 44.4 | 37% |
| Urmston Grammar AcademyAcademy converter · sixth form · selective | 1,137 | 99% | 64% | 6% | 0% | 63% | 71.7 | 95% |
| Wellacre Technology AcademyAcademy converter | 727 | 84% | 11% | 50% | 4% | — | 46.0 | 41% |
| Wellington SchoolAcademy converter · sixth form | 1,536 | 90% | 43% | 39% | 2% | 49% | 57.3 | 63% |
Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (6)
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Trafford and Stockport College Groupcollege · Further education | — | — | — | — | — | 21% | — | — |
| Afifah Schoolindependent · Other independent school · selective | 255 | — | — | — | — | — | 52.2 | 48% |
| Brentwood Schoolspecial · Community special school · sixth form | 185 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Egerton High Schoolspecial · Community special school | 69 | 72% | 0% | 44% | 0% | — | 10.8 | 6% |
| St John Vianney RC Schoolspecial · Non-maintained special school · sixth form | 124 | 100% | 0% | 10% | 0% | — | 2.4 | 0% |
| Manor Academy Salestate · Academy special converter · sixth form | 205 | 91% | 0% | 30% | 0% | — | 2.8 | 0% |