Schools in Trafford
101 schools in the Trafford local authority.
Schools
101
Open schools
Pupils
44,722
2025–26 census
Good or better
91%
72 of 79 graded
Academic Performance
6.6
out of 10 · 90 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 15 19%
- Good
- 57 72%
- Requires improvement
- 7 9%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade9 superseded by a report card16 not judged
6.6
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 90 of 101 schools that can be scored
Pupils
44,722
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Roll from 100 of 101 schools (44,722 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
58%Asian
18%Black
5%Mixed
9%Chinese
5%Any other group
3%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 90 of 101 schools (43,089 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 17.5%
- First language not English
- 24.1%
- Young carers
- <1%
7,532 of 43,089 pupils · 90 of 101 schools
10,377 of 43,089 pupils · 90 of 101 schools
342 of 43,089 pupils · 90 of 101 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 70
- Secondary
- 19
- Special
- 8
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 3
Top primary schools in Trafford
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Park Road Academy Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Bowdon CofE Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Davyhulme Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 5.Park Road Sale Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 6.Springfield Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 7.Seymour Park Community Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 8.Wellfield Infant and Nursery SchoolTrafford · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 9.Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary9.0/10Good
- 10.Brooklands Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary9.0/10Good
- 11.Navigation Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.9/10
- 12.St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.9/10Good
- 13.Bollin Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.8/10Good
- 14.Heyes Lane Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.7/10Good
- 15.St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.7/10Good
- 16.St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyTrafford · Primary8.7/10
- 17.Woodheys Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.7/10Good
- 18.Oldfield Brow Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.6/10Good
- 19.Well Green Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.6/10Good
- 20.Elmridge Primary SchoolTrafford · Primary8.5/10Good
Top secondary schools in Trafford
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Altrincham Grammar School for BoysTrafford · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsTrafford · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Sale Grammar SchoolTrafford · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 4.Loreto Grammar SchoolTrafford · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 5.Saint Ambrose CollegeTrafford · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 6.Stretford Grammar SchoolTrafford · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 7.Urmston Grammar AcademyTrafford · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 8.Wellington SchoolTrafford · Secondary8.6/10Good
- 9.North Cestrian SchoolTrafford · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 10.Ashton-on-Mersey SchoolTrafford · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 11.Altrincham CollegeTrafford · Secondary6.8/10Good
- 12.Flixton Girls SchoolTrafford · Secondary6.5/10Good
- 13.Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic CollegeTrafford · Secondary6.3/10
- 14.Lostock High SchoolTrafford · Secondary3.7/10Good
- 15.Stretford High SchoolTrafford · Secondary3.3/10Good
- 16.Wellacre Technology AcademyTrafford · Secondary0.6/10Requires improvement
- 17.Broadoak SchoolTrafford · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
- 18.St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyTrafford · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
Browse all 101 schools in Trafford — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Trafford
- How many schools are there in Trafford?
- Trafford has 101 open schools — 70 primary, 19 secondary, 8 special, teaching 44,722 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Trafford are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 72 of the 79 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 91% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 15 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 101: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Trafford?
- 6.6 out of 10, averaged across the 90 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Trafford schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 22 schools in Trafford currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Trafford local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Trafford covers 101 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Trafford are eligible for free school meals?
- 17.5% — 7,532 of 43,089 pupils at the 90 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North West region.