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Brentwood School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formTrafford, North West · Sale M33 4GYSchool website
Pupils on roll
185of 190 places
Free school meals
46.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
13
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 5 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 19 pupils who finished Year 11 at Brentwood School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Brentwood School’s own sixth form (Trafford average 42%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Trafford and England.

Brentwood School
Trafford
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBrentwood SchoolTraffordEngland
Pupils in the cohort193,338607,348
Any sustained destination100%95%92%
Stayed in education100%92%86%
— school sixth form0%42%34%
— sixth form college0%20%13%
— further education college0%27%37%
— other education100%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%3%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Trafford

Altrincham College

Academy converter · sixth form · 973 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5

Broadoak School

Academy converter · 507 pupils

83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.