SchoolScoresSchools in Trafford
School admissions in Trafford: application deadlines, offer days and all 101 schools (63 state primary schools, 19 state secondary schools, 7 special schools and 11 independent schools) with Ofsted inspections and results.
Admissions dates
You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in another council area. The closing dates and offer days are set nationally.
| Starting | Apply by | Offers sent |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary school (Year 7) | 31 October | 1 March |
| Primary school (Reception) | 15 January | 16 April |
If an offer day falls on a weekend or bank holiday, offers go out on the next working day. Check Trafford's website for local arrangements and in-year applications.
Best primary schools in Trafford · Best secondary schools in Trafford · Best sixth forms in Trafford · Grammar schools in Trafford (7) · Private schools in Trafford
Towns
Altrincham · Manchester (Trafford) · Sale
Latest Ofsted reports in Trafford
| School | Report card | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Well Green Primary School Community school · Altrincham | 5 expected, 2 needs attention Inspected 16 June 2026 · Before: Good (2021) | 26 July 2026 |
| Wellacre Technology Academy Academy · Manchester | 2 strong, 3 expected, 1 needs attention Inspected 19 May 2026 · Before: Requires improvement (2023) | 1 July 2026 |
| Egerton High School Special school · Manchester | 5 expected, 2 needs attention Inspected 28 April 2026 | 25 June 2026 |
| Altrincham College Academy · Altrincham | 2 strong, 5 expected Inspected 19 May 2026 · Before: Good (2022) | 23 June 2026 |
| Lostock High School Community school · Manchester | 1 expected, 5 needs attention Inspected 17 March 2026 | 10 June 2026 |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Manchester | 4 strong, 3 expected Inspected 3 March 2026 | 5 May 2026 |
| Springfield Primary School Community school · Sale | 7 strong Inspected 24 February 2026 · Before: Outstanding (2021) | 26 April 2026 |
| All Saints' Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Sale | 4 strong, 3 expected Inspected 3 February 2026 | 19 April 2026 |
| Brooklands Primary School Community school · Sale | 5 strong, 2 expected Inspected 13 January 2026 · Before: Good (2021) | 3 March 2026 |
| Saint Ambrose College Grammar school · Altrincham | 2 exceptional, 5 strong Inspected 25 November 2025 · Before: Good (2020), improved significantly 2025 | 1 March 2026 |
Ofsted report cards published in the year to 31 August 2026. Latest reports across England.
Primary schools (63) · Secondary schools (19) · Special schools (7) · Independent schools (11) · Alternative provision (1)
Primary schools
63 schools.
- Acre Hall Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024) · 45% met expected standard (KS2)
- All Saints' Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 strong, 3 expected · 88% met expected standard (KS2)
- Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Barton Clough Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bollin Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bowdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2020), confirmed 2025 · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Broadheath Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), improved significantly 2025 · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Brooklands Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 strong, 2 expected · 87% met expected standard (KS2)
- Broomwood Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cloverlea Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Davyhulme Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 90% met expected standard (KS2)
- Elmridge Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- English Martyrs' RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- Firs Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Flixton Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Forest Gate Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2023 · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- Gorse Hill Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Heyes Lane Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2022 · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- Highfield Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2023 · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Kings Road Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Kingsway Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Lime Tree Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- Moorlands Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 76% met expected standard (KS2)
- Moss Park Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Navigation Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Old Trafford Community Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- Oldfield Brow Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018, before conversion), confirmed with concerns 2023 · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2021, before conversion) · 86% met expected standard (KS2)
- Park Road Academy Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 90% met expected standard (KS2)
- Park Road Sale Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 89% met expected standard (KS2)
- Partington Central Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Seymour Park Community Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Springfield Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 strong · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Alphonsus RC Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 76% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Ann's RC Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2020), some aspects weaker 2025 · 53% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Anne's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Hilda's CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 87% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Hugh's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 85% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Margaret Ward Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 55% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 4 strong, 3 expected · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2022 · 37% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Monica's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Teresa's RC Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 50% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 89% met expected standard (KS2)
- Stamford Park Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- Templemoor Infant and Nursery School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- Tyntesfield Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 84% met expected standard (KS2)
- Urmston Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- Victoria Park Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2022)
- Victoria Park Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- Well Green Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention · 91% met expected standard (KS2)
- Wellfield Infant and Nursery School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2016), confirmed 2023
- Wellfield Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Willows Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Woodheys Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2022 · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- Woodhouse Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Worthington Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2020), confirmed 2025 · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
Secondary schools
19 schools.
- Altrincham College Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 strong, 5 expected · 48% grade 5+ English and maths
- Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · 99% grade 5+ English and maths
- Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · 100% grade 5+ English and maths
- Ashton-on-Mersey School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 58% grade 5+ English and maths
- Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 42% grade 5+ English and maths
- Broadoak School Academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024) · 28% grade 5+ English and maths
- Flixton Girls School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 44% grade 5+ English and maths
- Loreto Grammar School Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · 92% grade 5+ English and maths
- Lostock High School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 expected, 5 needs attention · 40% grade 5+ English and maths
- North Cestrian School Free school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 60% grade 5+ English and maths
- Saint Ambrose College Grammar school · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 2 exceptional, 5 strong · 98% grade 5+ English and maths
- Sale Grammar School Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · 97% grade 5+ English and maths
- Sale High School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 46% grade 5+ English and maths
- St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024) · 34% grade 5+ English and maths
- Stretford Grammar School Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed, may be improving 2024 · 96% grade 5+ English and maths
- Stretford High School Foundation school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 37% grade 5+ English and maths
- Urmston Grammar Academy Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 95% grade 5+ English and maths
- Wellacre Technology Academy Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 strong, 3 expected, 1 needs attention · 41% grade 5+ English and maths
- Wellington School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2022 · 63% grade 5+ English and maths
Special schools
7 schools.
- Brentwood School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2019), confirmed 2025
- Delamere School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · 0% met expected standard (KS2)
- Egerton High School Special school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 expected, 2 needs attention · 6% grade 5+ English and maths
- Longford Park School Special academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024) · 0% met expected standard (KS2)
- Manor Academy Sale Special academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 0% grade 5+ English and maths
- Pictor Academy Special academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2015, before conversion), some aspects weaker 2025 · 0% met expected standard (KS2)
- The Orchards Special free school · Ofsted: Good (2019), improved significantly 2025 · 0% met expected standard (KS2)
Independent schools
11 schools.
- Abbotsford Preparatory School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Afifah School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- Altrincham Preparatory School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Bowdon Preparatory School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Changing Lives Independent, inspected by ISI
- Fairfield House School Independent · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024)
- Forest Park Preparatory School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Forest School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Hale Preparatory School Independent, inspected by ISI
- St Ambrose Prep School Independent, inspected by ISI
- St John Vianney RC School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023
Alternative provision
1 school.
- Trafford Alternative Education Provision Pupil referral unit · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
Page updated 26 September 2026.