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Lostock High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Selby Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 9PL · lostock.trafford.sch.uk · 0161 864 5700
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Trafford 57.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Trafford Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 513
- 69% of 740 places
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 40.6%
- First language not English
- 44.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Trafford Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 77 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 77 | 36 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 91 | 35 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 73 | 26 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 127 | 26 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 146 | 27 | 0.2 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.7, and 39.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Trafford it was 57.9, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼26.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.94 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.4 | +0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 19.5 | +4 |
| Further education | 59.8 | +4.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.2 | — |
| Employment | 1.2 | −2.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.9 | −10.6 |
| Activity not captured | 11 | +2.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lostock High School on 17 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 17 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 59%
- Positive
- 59%
- Replies
- 39
- 7% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on 15 parents (38%) whose child was bullied
based on 30 parents (77%) with SEND