Altrincham College
Academy converter · sixth form · 973 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5
Academy converter
Broadoak School
- Pupils on roll
- 507of 792 places
- Free school meals
- 56.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 113
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 23 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Broadoak School (URN 106363, until 1 May 2012).
What the data says
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.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 62% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.4 against 46.1 across England and 57.9 in Trafford, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Broadoak School | Trafford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 101 | 3,338 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 27% | 42% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 11% | 20% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 27% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Broadoak School | Trafford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.4 | 57.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 64% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 79% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 72% | 50% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 | 5.24 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 43% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.3 | 40.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.7 | 62.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 27% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 113 | 100% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 60% |
| English Language | 113 | 100% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 48% |
| English Literature | 108 | 96% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 49% |
| Combined Science | 94 | 83% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 36% |
| History | 73 | 65% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 45% |
| Spanish | 70 | 62% | 19% | 11% | 27% | 36% |
| Geography | 33 | 29% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 61% |
| Chinese | 22 | 19% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 20 | 18% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 75% |
| Physics | 19 | 17% | 23% | 68% | 46% | 95% |
| Chemistry | 19 | 17% | 23% | 63% | 47% | 95% |
| Biology | 19 | 17% | 23% | 74% | 45% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 17 | 15% | 18% | 29% | 20% | 47% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 14% | 13% | 50% | 30% | 94% |
| Photography | 12 | 11% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 67% |
| Music | 7 | 6% | 5% | 43% | 33% | 86% |
| Art and Design | 5 | 4% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 3% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Statistics | 2 | 2% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| French | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 29% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 55 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 20 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 9 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 9 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 7 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
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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.