Other independent special school

Changing Lives

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth formTrafford, North West · Manchester M31 4BHSchool website
Pupils on roll
56of 40 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
16
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Changing Lives’ Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

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.

Where Changing Lives is

Other secondary schools in Trafford are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Trafford’s allocation statistics.

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.