Wellington School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C68
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Altrincham, WA15 7RH
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Urban Road, Altrincham, WA15 8HT
Local ranking10th of 18 secondary schools in Trafford
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1700
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 9.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 261
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 67.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
112
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 3.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 38.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 250
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1614
- Boys
- 825 (51%)
- Girls
- 789 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1700 (95% full)
- SEND
- 21.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.8%
- EAL
- 10.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 17.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 96.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,109/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 71.9%
- White Other: 6.7%
- Asian Indian: 3.9%
- Black African: 3.1%
- White Irish: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
71.9%
White British
6.7%
White Other
3.9%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Urban Road
Altrincham, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106376
- UKPRN
- 10015044
- Establishment No.
- 5403
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