# North Cestrian School

North Cestrian School is a secondary school in Trafford, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 799 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E143104. [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 799
- Council: Trafford
- URN: 143104

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, November 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 20 November 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at North Cestrian School was 52.9, against 57.3 in Trafford and 46.2 in England.
58.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Trafford | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 52.9 | 57.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 58.4% | 64.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72.1% | 78.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 154 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Loreto Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/loreto-grammar-school-e138464): 90 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 75.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Altrincham CofE (Aided) Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/altrincham-cofe-aided-primary-school-e106341): 290 m. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bowdon Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bowdon-preparatory-school-e106377): 780 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Altrincham Grammar School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/altrincham-grammar-school-for-girls-e137289): 840 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), October 2022. Attainment 8 of 77.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Vincent's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-vincents-catholic-primary-school-e136087): 940 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), June 2024. 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blessed-thomas-holford-catholic-college-e106376): 1 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 47.1 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/143104)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/143104)

## How to cite

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