Stretford High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 12 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Trafford
Unique reference
106370
Address
Great Stone Road, Stretford, M32 0XA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
979 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
54.7%
Girls
45.3%
First language not English
43.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.7%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 27.6%
Indian 16.4%
White British 14%
Mixed 14%
Other 9%
Other White 4.7%
African 4.6%
Other Asian 2.7%
Unclassified 1.9%
Caribbean 1.8%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Other Black 1.3%
Chinese 0.6%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 50%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 64%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.4
Local authority average 57.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.55
Local authority average 5.24
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award12
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award5
ArabicGCSE5
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE61
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE61
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Stretford High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
194
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
116
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
53
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes23.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
126
89
Year 8
200
105
95
Year 9
191
108
83
Year 10
188
103
85
Year 11
185
94
91
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
91.7%
85.5%
Further education
47.0%
27.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
3.0%
43.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
38.0%
20.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
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

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