Ashton-on-Mersey School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Sale, Trafford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.968 miles
Published by Trafford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
Ashton-on-Mersey School is a secondary school in Sale, Trafford for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 April 2024. Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Ashton-on-Mersey School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.968 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.861 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.831 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 0.849 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 0.824 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 0.923467 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.968 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 12 Trafford secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 distance was further than in 2025, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 275 first-choice applications for 269 offers; 236 offers went to first-choice families, and 39 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 52.1 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Trafford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Cecil Avenue, Sale, M33 5BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,609 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, and students in the sixth form, usually achieve well at Ashton-on-Mersey School.”
- “They are supported to learn deeply across a broad range of subjects.”
- “They learn with increasing confidence because staff are ambitious about what they can accomplish.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, however, some teachers are still honing these practices.”
- “This means that pupils’ learning is not as well matched to curriculum aims as it is elsewhere.”
- “That said, across subjects, a small minority of pupils do not take full advantage of the information that teachers provide about what they know or can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 275 first-preference applications, 269 offers in total, 236 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Trafford.
- Sale Grammar School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sale High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wellington School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 2.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Cestrian School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Loreto Grammar School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Urmston Grammar Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published