Broadoak School

State school · Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formTrafford, Manchester M31school website

Four in five Year 11 leavers stay in education, in line with the England rate; most to a further education college (45%).

Where this school leads
83%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Trafford 92% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Broadoak School: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 67%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 33%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 39%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 6%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 33%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 41%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 4%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 3%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 16%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 19%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 42%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Places
—
Pupils
507
Free school meals
56.0%

Ofsted: Full inspection, 23 April 2024 · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Trafford’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 792 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Broadoak School (URN 106363, until 1 May 2012).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

83%stayed in education after Year 11
This school83%
Trafford92%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 101 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Broadoak School has no sixth form. Of the 101 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 11% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureBroadoak SchoolTraffordEngland
Pupils in the cohort1013,338607,348
Any sustained destination86%95%92%
Stayed in education83%92%86%
— school sixth form27%42%34%
— sixth form college11%20%13%
— further education college45%27%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination11%3%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

42.4Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school42.4
Trafford57.9
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 113 pupils in Year 11

43% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 30.3 — below disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

28% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Trafford 64%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureBroadoak SchoolTraffordEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)42.457.946.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%64%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%79%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects72%50%41%
EBacc average point score3.965.244.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort43%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.340.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.762.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language27%18%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

59.02%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Spanish stands out at GCSE — 62% of the year group took it, against 19% across England.

Language & Communication67%
Green & Sustainability42%
Health & Safety41%
Natural Sciences39%
Mathematics & Statistics33%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects22

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics113100%88%23%22%60%
English Language113100%89%12%20%48%
English Literature10896%86%9%21%49%
Combined Science9483%65%9%9%36%
History7365%41%18%26%45%
Spanish7062%19%11%27%36%
Geography3329%41%21%25%61%
Chinese2219%1%100%75%100%
Physical Education2018%11%0%24%75%
Physics1917%23%68%46%95%
Chemistry1917%23%63%47%95%
Biology1917%23%74%45%100%
Business Studies1715%18%29%20%47%
Computer Science1614%13%50%30%94%
Photography1211%6%0%19%67%
Music76%5%43%33%86%
Art and Design54%7%—24%—
Arabic33%1%—47%—
Statistics22%5%—20%—
French11%18%—29%—
Polish11%1%—84%—
Urdu11%1%—42%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications9
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)55——
Hospitality / Catering Studies24——
Sports Studies23——
Beauty Care / Services20——
Speech and Drama11——
Health Studies9——
Computer Appreciation / Introduction9——
Engineering Studies7——
Additional Mathematics FSMQ1——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication74%
Green & Sustainability53%
Health & Safety51%
Natural Sciences50%
Mathematics & Statistics41%
Engineering & Manufacturing39%
Transversal Skills31%
Arts & Humanities24%
Digital & ICT Skills21%
Law & Public Administration8%
Social & Cultural Skills8%
Business & Administration7%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 16.0percentage 10.9vocabulary 10.6ratio 10.5gradient 8.7translation 8.7power 7.7reflection 7.5particle model 7.2equation 7.0root 7.0grammar 7.0audience 6.8energy transfer 6.3standard form 6.2area 6.0formulae 6.0purpose 6.0impact 5.8evidence 5.6theme 5.6change of state 5.5inference 5.3opinion 5.3

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, unit conversion, area from Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry and 8 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 3 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, sampling technique from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 4 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
More apprenticeships9
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data interpretation, climate change, data collection from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 4 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, chart from Business Studies, Computer Science, English Language and 6 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 3 more
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses presentation, accuracy, interpretation from Art and Design, English Language, Geography and 5 more · jobs: storyboard artist
Peer workerLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses power, identity, culture from Mathematics, Modern Foreign Language, Physical Education and 4 more · jobs: social work assistant
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Broadoak School offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Trafford’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to Trafford in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
Trafford

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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.