Loreto Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A89
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Altrincham, WA14 4AH
- Distance
- 0.1km away
North Cestrian School
Dunham Road, Altrincham, WA14 4AJ
Local ranking9th of 18 secondary schools in Trafford
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
755
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 20 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 58.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 154
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 777
- Boys
- 398 (50%)
- Girls
- 401 (50%)
- Capacity
- 755 (106% full)
- SEND
- 14.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.8%
- EAL
- 28.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 9.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,527/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 53.6%
- Asian Chinese: 8.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 7.8%
- Asian Indian: 6.9%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 4.7%
- Other: 4.3%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
53.6%
White British
8.2%
Asian Chinese
7.8%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Dunham Road
Altrincham, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 143104
- UKPRN
- 10056981
- Establishment No.
- 6003
- Trust
- THE HAMBLIN EDUCATION TRUST
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