England · Grammar school
Stretford Grammar School
Stretford · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 106368)
Overview
- Address
- Granby Road, Stretford, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M32 8JB
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 956
- Capacity
- 798
- Eligible for free school meals
- 17.4%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Foundation school
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Trafford
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (financial-benchmarking-and-insights-tool.education.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 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
- Priority for residence in postcodes close to the school, in both Trafford and Manchester, per the 2019 adjudicator determination: M32, M33 and M41 (Trafford), M15 and M16 (Trafford and Manchester), M21 (Manchester).Postcode areas: M32, M33, M41, M15, M16, M21
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: Trafford's advice for Sale residents says Stretford Grammar is not currently oversubscribed by children in the catchment area. Offers reached Category 7 in 2024 and 2026.
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | Category 7 (last category reached)'Some category 7 to 4.414 miles' | – | 7.10 km (4.41 miles) | trafford.gov.uksecondary source |
| Sept 2024 | Category 7 (last category reached)'Some Category 7 to 5.081 miles' | – | 8.18 km (5.08 miles) | trafford.gov.uksecondary source |
From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 1,236 applicants named this school (263 as their first choice) for 170 places. 92 of 170 offers went to children living outside Trafford.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Trafford |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 170 | 1,236 | 263 | 1.5 | 92 |
| Sept 2025 | 173 | 1,297 | 333 | 1.9 | 80 |
| Sept 2024 | 174 | 1,158 | 223 | 1.3 | 108 |
| Sept 2023 | 173 | 1,141 | 299 | 1.7 | 58 |
| Sept 2022 | 173 | 1,146 | 301 | 1.7 | 70 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Trafford |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 171 | 1,610 | 339 | 2.0 | 68 |
| Sept 2020 | 173 | 1,228 | 301 | 1.7 | 70 |
| Sept 2019 | 171 | 1,142 | 290 | 1.7 | 58 |
| Sept 2018 | 168 | 1,023 | 231 | 1.4 | 85 |
| Sept 2017 | 131 | 869 | 168 | 1.3 | 77 |
| Sept 2016 | 155 | 850 | 307 | 2.0 | 68 |
| Sept 2015 | 123 | 844 | 287 | 2.3 | 39 |
| Sept 2014 | 126 | 812 | 273 | 2.2 | 53 |
"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, assets.publishing.service.gov.uk, trafford.gov.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)
- Not yet available
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
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 20 March 2024: overall Good. Read the report ↗
Inspection history (11)
- 20 March 2024: School inspection · report
- 19 February 2019: Short inspection · report
- 22 April 2015: Full inspection, Good · report
- 10 December 2013: Curriculum and development visit · report
- 22 March 2012: Full inspection, Good · report
- 1 March 2010: Full inspection, Satisfactory · report
- 24 November 2009: Monitoring visit · report
- 24 June 2009: Monitoring visit · report
- 9 February 2009: Full inspection, Inadequate · report
- 8 March 2006: Full inspection, Satisfactory · report
- 28 February 2000: Full inspection · report
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| 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). | 75.5 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99.4% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 61.6% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 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: 73.8 (2023/24) → 74.4 (2024/25) → 75.5 (2025/26).
159 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
- M32 8JB
- Map location
- 53.44368, -2.29826
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01618652293
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.stretfordgrammar.com
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 106368) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026