List of schools in Trafford

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This is a list of schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in the English county of Greater Manchester.

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State-funded schools

In the state-funded sector Trafford maintains a selective education system, with grammar schools assessed by the 11-plus exam. Absences from Trafford secondary schools in 2006–07, authorised and unauthorised, were 5.6% and 0.8% respectively, both lower than the national average (6.4% and 1.4%). [1] From the 2011 GCSE results, the Trafford Local Education Authority was ranked 5th in the country – and first in Greater Manchester – based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*–C grades at GCSE including maths and English (69.8% compared with the national average of 58.2%). [2]

From the 2007 GCSE results and A-level results, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls was the most successful secondary school in Trafford, with 100% of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at A*–C grade including maths and English. At A-level, Altrincham Grammar School for Girls was the 39th most successful school in the country. [3] [4]

Primary schools

  • Acre Hall Primary School, Flixton
  • All Saints' RC Primary School, Sale
  • Altrincham CE Primary School, Altrincham
  • Barton Clough Primary School, Stretford
  • Bollin Primary School, Bowdon
  • Bowdon CE Primary School, Bowdon
  • Broadheath Primary School, Broadheath
  • Brooklands Primary School, Sale
  • Broomwood Primary School, Timperley
  • Cloverlea Primary School, Timperley
  • Davyhulme Primary School, Davyhulme
  • Elmridge Primary School, Hale Barns
  • English Martyrs RC Primary School, Urmston
  • Firs Primary School, Sale
  • Flixton Primary School, Flixton
  • Forest Gate Academy, Partington
  • Gorse Hill Primary School, Stretford
  • Heyes Lane Primary School, Timperley
  • Highfield Primary School, Urmston
  • Holy Family RC Primary School, Sale
  • Kings Road Primary School, Firswood
  • Kingsway Primary School, Davyhulme
  • Lime Tree Primary Academy, Sale
  • Moorlands Junior School, Sale
  • Moss Park Primary School, Stretford
  • Navigation Primary School, Altrincham
  • Old Trafford Community Academy, Old Trafford
  • Oldfield Brow Primary School, Altrincham
  • Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School, Partington
  • Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School, Davyhulme
  • Park Road Academy Primary School, Timperley
  • Park Road Sale Primary School, Sale
  • Partington Central Academy, Partington
  • St Alphonsus' RC Primary School, Old Trafford
  • St Anne's CE Primary, Sale
  • St Ann's RC Primary, Stretford
  • St Hilda's CE Primary School, Firswood
  • St Hugh of Lincoln RC Primary School, Stretford
  • St Hugh's RC Primary School, Timperley
  • St Joseph's RC Primary School, Sale
  • St Margaret Ward RC Primary School, Sale
  • St Mary's CE Primary School, Davyhulme
  • St Mary's CE Primary School, Sale
  • St Matthew's CE Primary School, Stretford
  • St Michael's CE Primary School, Flixton
  • St Monica's RC Primary School, Flixton
  • St Teresa's RC Primary School, Firswood
  • St Vincent's RC Primary School, Altrincham
  • Seymour Park Community Primary School, Old Trafford
  • Springfield Primary School, Sale
  • Stamford Park Primary School, Hale
  • Templemoor Infant and Nursery School, Sale
  • Tyntesfield Primary School, Sale
  • Urmston Primary School, Urmston
  • Victoria Park Infant School, Stretford
  • Victoria Park Junior School, Stretford
  • Well Green Primary School, Hale
  • Wellfield Infant and Nursery School, Sale
  • Wellfield Junior School, Sale
  • Willows Primary School, Timperley
  • Woodheys Primary School, Sale
  • Woodhouse Primary School, Davyhulme
  • Worthington Primary School, Sale

Non-selective secondary schools

Grammar schools

Special and alternative schools

Further education

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

Senior and all-through schools

Special and alternative schools

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References

  1. ↑ "Trafford schools". BBC Online. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "How different LEAs performed". BBC Online. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Education results in Trafford". BBC Online. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "Top A-level results". BBC Online. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
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