Loreto Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Trafford
Unique reference
138464
Address
Dunham Road, WA14 4AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1027 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
13.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.2%
Persistent absence
7.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 59%
Indian 9.3%
African 9.3%
Other White 7.9%
Mixed 5.3%
Irish 3%
Other Asian 1.9%
Chinese 1.6%
Other Black 1.2%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.91
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 73%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 96%
Local authority average 63%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 74.4
Local authority average 57
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.81
Local authority average 5.14
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE29
BiologyGCSE61
Business Studies:SingleGCSE70
ChemistryGCSE61
Classical CivilisationGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE157
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE26
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Loreto Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
165
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
223
2nd preference
96
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
131
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
63
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
160
0
160
Year 8
151
0
151
Year 9
159
0
159
Year 10
159
0
159
Year 11
157
0
157
Year 12
141
0
141
Year 13
100
0
100
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
89.2%
85.6%
Further education
1.0%
28.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
69.0%
40.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
23.0%
20.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
94.0%
74.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
73.0%
43.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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