Altrincham College
Academy converter · sixth form · 973 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5
Foundation school
Stretford High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,000of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 46.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 185
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 13 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Stretford High School has no sixth form. Of the 182 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 38% moved to a sixth form college, 47% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 38% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.4 against 46.1 across England and 57.9 in Trafford, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Stretford High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Stretford High School | Trafford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 182 | 3,338 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 42% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 38% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 27% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Stretford High School | Trafford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.4 | 57.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 64% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 79% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 9% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.56 | 5.24 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 42% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.8 | 40.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.6 | 62.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 38% | 18% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 272 | 100% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 58% |
| Mathematics | 183 | 99% | 88% | 13% | 22% | 68% |
| English Literature | 183 | 99% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 73% |
| Combined Science | 120 | 65% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 60% |
| History | 63 | 34% | 41% | 6% | 26% | 56% |
| Biology | 61 | 33% | 23% | 26% | 45% | 69% |
| Chemistry | 61 | 33% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 70% |
| Physics | 61 | 33% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 75% |
| Business Studies | 46 | 25% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 41% |
| Psychology | 43 | 23% | 3% | 35% | 22% | 84% |
| Religious Studies | 43 | 23% | 31% | 37% | 32% | 91% |
| Spanish | 26 | 14% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 42% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 14% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 52% |
| Urdu | 25 | 14% | 1% | 36% | 42% | 92% |
| Physical Education | 23 | 12% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 52% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 11% | 7% | 43% | 24% | 100% |
| Sociology | 20 | 11% | 4% | 20% | 21% | 80% |
| French | 14 | 8% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 64% |
| Geography | 13 | 7% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 54% |
| Design and Technology | 10 | 5% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 90% |
| Photography | 8 | 4% | 6% | 75% | 19% | 100% |
| Arabic | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 5 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Trafford
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,432 pupils
99% stayed in education · Attainment 8 78.5
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,381 pupils
100% stayed in education · Attainment 8 80.6
Ashton-on-Mersey School
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.1
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,638 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.9
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.