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Loreto Grammar School

Altrincham · Girls only · ages 11 to 18

Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 138464)

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Overview

Address: Dunham Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 4AH
Status: Open
Admits: Girls only
Age range: 11 to 18
Number of pupils: 1,075
Capacity: 1,034
Eligible for free school meals: 5.5%
Sixth form: Yes
School type: Academy converter
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Trust: Not yet available
Local authority: Trafford

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Schools' own admission arrangements (loretogrammar.co.uk), last checked 2 November 2026

Admissions and the 11+

Admissions policy: Selective (grammar school)
Selection in this area: Fully selective area36% of Year 7 places offered in Trafford for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
Entrance test: Trafford Consortium test
Qualifying score: standardised score 334 or above (2026 entry)
Catchment area: For September 2026 entry, priority goes to baptised Roman Catholic girls who attend one of the named Catholic primary schools and live in one of the named local parish areas (St Ambrose Deanery: Timperley, Altrincham, Ashton-on-Mersey, Sale, Hale Barns, Partington, Sale Moor; Our Lady's Deanery: Old Trafford, Stretford, Urmston, Davyhulme, Flixton, Firswood/Chorlton). Girls must pass the Governors' entrance exam.
Children from outside the catchment: Yes: For September 2026 entry, other baptised Roman Catholic girls (from anywhere) come next, then girls of other baptised denominations, then all other girls. Within each group Pupil Premium girls come first, then the highest marks.

Applications and offers for Year 7

For September 2026 entry, 441 applicants named this school (258 as their first choice) for 160 places. 80 of 160 offers went to children living outside Trafford.

Applications and offers by September intake
Intake	Places offered	Applicants	First choice	First choices per place	Offers to children outside Trafford
Sept 2026	160	441	258	1.6	80
Sept 2025	159	444	263	1.7	74
Sept 2024	165	415	223	1.4	63
Sept 2023	160	397	239	1.5	69
Sept 2022	150	322	180	1.2	60

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Earlier intakes
Intake	Places offered	Applicants	First choice	First choices per place	Offers to children outside Trafford
Sept 2021	162	547	270	1.7	68
Sept 2020	158	365	186	1.2	59
Sept 2019	161	363	204	1.3	71
Sept 2018	160	398	219	1.4	68
Sept 2017	161	389	238	1.5	68
Sept 2016	162	358	202	1.2	71
Sept 2015	156	354	211	1.4	66
Sept 2014	151	349	214	1.4	54

"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Trafford" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.

Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (leadingtuition.co.uk, loretogrammar.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026

Key dates for September 2027 entry

Test registration (Trafford grammar schools): 23 April 2026 to 19 June 2026
Test date: 14 September 2026Consortium (Altrincham Boys/Girls, Sale, Stretford, Urmston) use one GL test on 14 Sep. Results mid-October by email (no exact date). Loreto Grammar runs own process: registration 27 Jun-31 Jul 2026, test 18 Sep. Late applications only in exceptional circumstances. Sources are tuition guides.
Results sent to families: Not yet available
Apply to your council (September 2027 entry): By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
National offer day: 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
Open days: Not yet available
School opened (current registration): 1 August 2012

Unverified: test dates come from desk research (medium confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: leadingtuition.co.uk, atomlearning.com.

Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).

Guide to the Trafford grammar schools and its schools · How applying works

Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (leadingtuition.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026 · Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

Ofsted inspection

Inspected on 28 September 2022: overall Outstanding. Read the report ↗

Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding
Sixth form provision: Outstanding

Inspection history (2)

28 September 2022: School inspection, Outstanding · report
10 August 2012: Academy conversion letter · report

Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026

Exam results

GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)

GCSE results compared with national averages
Measure	This school	Selective schools in England	All state schools in England
Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90).	75.2	72.1	46.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths	96.1%	93.7%	46.3%
Grade 7 or above in English and maths	63.2%	57.7%	14.2%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths	98.7%	98.3%	64.8%
Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.	–	–	–

Attainment 8 over time: 76.3 (2023/24) → 73.7 (2024/25) → 75.2 (2025/26).

155 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.

Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

How to get there

Postcode: WA14 4AH
Map location: 53.38825, -2.35725
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Telephone: 01619283703

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

Official links and documents

School website: www.loretogrammar.co.uk
Official register record: Get Information About Schools (URN 138464) ↗
Admissions policy document: Not yet available
Further reading: Wikipedia ↗

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

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Data sources: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.; Desk research (cited public sources) (UK School Map), Facts compiled from the public sources linked on each field; Schools' own admission arrangements (Each school (linked on the item)), Facts taken from each school's published admission arrangements, linked on the item; Admissions research (cited public sources) (UK School Map), Facts compiled from the public sources linked on each item; Test dates research (cited public sources) (UK School Map), Facts compiled from the public sources linked on each item

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