Academy converter · Secondary
Sale · M33 3NH · Trafford
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138123
Ashton-on-Mersey School
Academy converter · Sale · M33 5BP
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–19
Pupils
1,609
Local authority
Trafford
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Sale, Trafford, 1,609 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 15.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138123
Location
- Address
- Cecil Avenue
- Postcode
- M33 5BP
- Town
- Sale
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Trafford
- District
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,609
- Boys / girls
- 897 / 712
- School capacity
- 1,570
- Capacity fill
- 1,609 / 1,570 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 15.2%
- FSM pupils
- 203
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DEAN TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DEAN TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Dean Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee McConaghie
- Telephone
- 01619731179
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-05-20
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 50.5
- Progress 8
- 0.0
- English & maths grade 5+
- 59%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 75%
- EBacc entry
- 63%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7