Sale High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Sale, Trafford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.118 miles
Published by Trafford Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
Sale High School is a secondary school in Sale, Trafford for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Trafford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Sale High 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 | 2.118 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 1.168 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.430 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 2.295 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 2.687 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 0.95367 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.118 miles from the school, the 6th shortest of 12 Trafford secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.95 miles).
- The Year 7 last distance swung sharply between some years from 2021 to 2026, and the 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2025 and than in 2021.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 227 first-choice applications for 212 offers: 178 offers went to first-choice families, and 49 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- 128 of the 980 Year 7 2026 applications (13%) came from families living outside Trafford, and 3 offers went to them.
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
- Norris Road, Sale, M33 3JR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- State-funded
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Trafford
- Pupils on roll
- 1,103 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 227 first-preference applications, 212 offers in total, 178 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 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ashton-on-Mersey School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wellington School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stretford Grammar School 2.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Altrincham College 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Cestrian School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 2.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published