Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Altrincham, WA15 8HT
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Altrincham College
Green Lane, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Local ranking13th of 18 secondary schools in Trafford
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 30 July 2026
Secondary
Phase
1018
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 28.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 174
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 73.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
44
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 38.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 105
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 982
- Boys
- 486 (49%)
- Girls
- 496 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1018 (96% full)
- SEND
- 15.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.4%
- EAL
- 12.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,127/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 62.8%
- White Other: 6.3%
- Asian Indian: 4.9%
- Asian Chinese: 4.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.0%
- Other: 2.6%
62.8%
White British
6.3%
White Other
4.9%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Green Lane
Altrincham, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 138614
- UKPRN
- 10038678
- Establishment No.
- 4024
- Trust
- ACHIEVE AND LEARN TRUST
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