Stretford Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Trafford
Unique reference
106368
Address
Granby Road, Stretford, M32 8JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
947 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
30.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.5%
Persistent absence
3.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 35.7%
Pakistani 12.6%
Mixed 9.4%
African 8.1%
Other Asian 7.3%
Other 6.2%
Indian 6.1%
Chinese 4.6%
Other White 4.1%
Bangladeshi 2.1%
Other Black 1.9%
Irish 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 50%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 95%
Local authority average 64%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 74.3
Local authority average 57.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.7
Local authority average 5.24
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE7
Art & DesignGCSE38
BiologyGCSE113
Business Studies:SingleGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE113
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE68
Design & TechnologyGCSE40
English LanguageGCSE160
English LiteratureGCSE160
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Stretford Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
173
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
333
2nd preference
339
3rd preference
303
From another Local Authority
476
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
135
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
80
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes27.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
85
75
Year 8
160
80
80
Year 9
160
82
78
Year 10
160
106
54
Year 11
160
80
80
Year 12
73
45
28
Year 13
74
34
40
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
91.7%
85.5%
Further education
4.0%
27.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
43.0%
43.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
49.0%
20.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
2.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
64.7%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
39.0%
30.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
1.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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