Loreto Grammar School

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Trafford council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 258 families put this school as their first choice, and 160 places were offered. 152 of the families who put it first got a place (59%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school sets its own entrance test: Loreto Grammar School entrance examination. Register with the school directly.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 28 September 2022. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1075 (capacity 1034)

Gender

Girls

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Shrewsbury

Academy trust

LORETO GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01619283703

Address

Dunham Road, Altrincham, WA14 4AH

Website

loretogrammar.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports