St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Trafford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Trafford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Manchester, Trafford for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | 2.192 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 32.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.8% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Trafford.
- For Year 7 in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, with 126 first-choice applications for 149 offers; 23 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% (England 45%) got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Trafford.
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (5 June 2024); of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Trafford, 5 are Good, 1 is Outstanding and 2 have no current grade.
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
- Bradfield Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 9PD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 688 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at St Antony’s School.”
- “The school community is warm and welcoming, and pupils are well cared for by staff.”
- “As a result, pupils feel safe in school.”
To improve
- “However, it is too soon to see the impact of these changes on how well pupils achieve.”
- “Some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, some older pupils have not benefited from the strengthened subject curriculums.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 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) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.4 | 46 |
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: 126 first-preference applications, 149 offers in total, 126 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.
- Lostock High School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Urmston Grammar Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Flixton Girls School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Stretford Grammar School 1.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Stretford High School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ashton-on-Mersey School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sale Grammar School 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wellacre Technology Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published