GCSE results 2026

Trafford GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 18 state secondary schools in Trafford, 3,335 pupils. Trafford ranks 3 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.5 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

65.7%

17.9 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

32.4%

17.7 pts above England

Attainment 8

58.4

10.8 points above England

Council rank

3 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Trafford at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (79.1); highest non-selective: Wellington School (55.7).
Schools range from 37.4 to 79.1 on Attainment 8, a spread of 41.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 42.5, 18.7 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Loreto Grammar School (77.5).
Trafford has 7 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Trafford.
Most improved on 2025: Urmston Grammar Academy, up 3.9 points to 75.6.

Every Trafford secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Altrincham Grammar School for BoysGrammar · Boys	200	79.1	+0.6	100.0%	99.5%	78.5%	74.9
2	Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsGrammar · Girls	205	77.8	−2.8	98.0%	98.0%	79.5%	77.0
3	Urmston Grammar AcademyGrammar	151	75.6	+3.9	99.3%	99.3%	70.2%	76.0
4	Sale Grammar SchoolGrammar	192	75.5	−0.6	100.0%	99.5%	67.2%	—
5	Stretford Grammar SchoolGrammar	159	75.5	+1.1	100.0%	99.4%	61.6%	74.6
6	Loreto Grammar SchoolGrammar · Girls · Roman Catholic	155	75.2	+1.5	98.7%	96.1%	63.2%	77.5
7	Saint Ambrose CollegeGrammar · Boys · Roman Catholic	150	72.3	−3.9	100.0%	99.3%	53.3%	67.6
8	Wellington SchoolTop 10% three years running	246	55.7	−1.6	82.5%	63.8%	17.1%	43.7
9	North Cestrian School	154	52.9	−1.3	72.1%	58.4%	18.8%	38.9
10	Ashton-on-Mersey School	256	52.6	+0.5	79.3%	59.8%	18.4%	35.0
11	Wellacre Technology AcademyBoys	128	47.9	+1.9	69.5%	46.1%	10.2%	35.4
12	Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic CollegeRoman Catholic	244	47.1	−1.8	68.4%	37.3%	5.7%	38.4
13	Altrincham College	171	47.0	−1.5	63.7%	39.2%	12.3%	35.5
14	Flixton Girls SchoolGirls	179	46.9	−1.4	73.7%	44.1%	9.5%	35.2
15	Stretford High School	187	46.5	+2.1	62.0%	43.9%	12.3%	42.3
16	St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic	128	44.3	+1.9	60.2%	39.1%	2.3%	37.3
17	Broadoak School	101	38.5	−3.9	49.5%	26.7%	5.0%	31.6
18	Lostock High School	125	37.4	−6.3	49.6%	32.8%	7.2%	28.2
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Trafford against the rest of the North West

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.