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] 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
Our Lady's RC Primary School, Old Trafford
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
Altrincham College , Timperley Ashton-on-Mersey School , Sale Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College , Altrincham Broadoak School , Partington Flixton Girls' School , Flixton Lostock High School , Stretford North Cestrian School , AltrinchamSt Antony's Roman Catholic School , Urmston Sale High School , SaleStretford High School , StretfordWellacre Academy , FlixtonWellington School , Timperley
Grammar schools
Special and alternative schools
Further education
