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Stretford High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Foundation school
Great Stone Road, Stretford, Manchester M32 0XA · stretfordhigh.com · 0161 876 1850
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Trafford 57.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.12 mi
- 1.80 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Category 5 · Trafford Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,000
- At capacity · 1,000 places
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 46%
- First language not English
- 47.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Category 5” went to a home 1.12 mi (1.80 km) from the school. Source: Trafford Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 176 families put the school first and 196 places were offered; 86% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 196 | 176 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 194 | 180 | 0.9 | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 205 | 189 | 0.9 | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 200 | 210 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 190 | 183 | 1 | 80% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Category 5 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.12 mi1.80 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.4, and 36.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼8.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.56 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 11.5 | +7.2 |
| Sixth form college | 39.6 | +1.1 |
| Further education | 34.6 | −11.4 |
| Other education | 1.1 | +0.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.5 | −1.6 |
| Employment | 0.5 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.7 | +5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.4 | +0.1 |
Ofsted
Stretford High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Nov 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 12 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 28
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied