Which school has the best GCSE results in Trafford?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls tops the table in Trafford with 80.6, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Trafford schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Trafford show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Trafford GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

18 state secondary schools in Trafford ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 1 independent school with published results is listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 19 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Trafford ranked on Attainment 8

18 of 19 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Trafford ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Altrincham · Academy converter	80.6	100%	100%	8.01	208
2	Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Altrincham · Academy converter	78.5	99%	100%	7.21	202
3	Saint Ambrose College Altrincham · Academy converter	76.2	98%	100%	7.10	150
4	Sale Grammar School Sale · Academy converter	76.1	97%	100%	7.25	192
5	Stretford Grammar School Manchester · Foundation school	74.4	96%	100%	6.72	160
6	Loreto Grammar School Altrincham · Academy converter	73.7	92%	98%	6.90	157
7	Urmston Grammar Academy Manchester · Academy converter	71.7	95%	99%	7.03	152
8	Wellington School Altrincham · Academy converter	57.3	63%	84%	5.18	259
9	North Cestrian School Altrincham · Free schools	54.2	60%	86%	4.56	148
10	Ashton-on-Mersey School Sale · Academy converter	52.1	58%	82%	4.78	254
11	Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College Altrincham · Voluntary aided school	48.9	42%	66%	3.79	261
12	Altrincham College Altrincham · Academy converter	48.5	48%	69%	4.19	174
13	Flixton Girls School Manchester · Academy converter	48.3	44%	72%	4.25	172
14	Wellacre Technology Academy Manchester · Academy converter	46.0	41%	65%	4.03	131
15	Stretford High School Manchester · Foundation school	44.4	37%	63%	3.56	185
16	Lostock High School Manchester · Community school	43.7	40%	57%	3.94	113
17=	Broadoak School Manchester · Academy converter	42.4	28%	49%	3.96	113
17=	St Antony's Roman Catholic School Manchester · Academy sponsor led	42.4	34%	53%	3.57	134
–	Sale High School Sale · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Trafford with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Afifah School Manchester · Other independent school	52.2	48%	25

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Trafford on our composite score

Trafford GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Trafford ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Trafford with published GCSE results

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