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St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Bradfield Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 9PD · st-antonys.com · 0161 546 9050
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Trafford 57.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Trafford Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 688
- 38 over 650 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.8%
- First language not English
- 8.3%
- 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, 126 families put the school first and 149 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 | 149 | 126 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 146 | 126 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 144 | 128 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 140 | 111 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 130 | 141 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.4, and 34.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼53.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼8.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.57 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106372)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.5 | +1 |
| Sixth form college | 27.8 | +2.6 |
| Further education | 51.1 | +2.4 |
| Other education | 0.8 | −0.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.8 | −3.2 |
| Employment | 4.5 | +1.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.5 | −4.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | +0.4 |
Ofsted
St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 5 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 5 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106372), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106372)
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106372)
Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106372)
What parents said
66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (116 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 66%
- Replies
- 116
- 17% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 51% who had a child bullied
based on 46 parents (40%) with SEND