Lostock High School
Selby Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 9PL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lindsay Brindley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 740
- Pupils on roll
- 513
- URN
- 106365
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01618645700
About this school
Lostock High School is a community secondary school in Manchester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 513 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 55 | 82 | 113 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.3 | 38.4 | 43.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.31 -0.76 to +0.14 | -0.73 -1.15 to -0.32 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 30.5% | 39.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 50% | 56.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 18.3% | 26.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lostock High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Trafford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.3 | 50.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.4 | 51.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.7 | 51.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 422 |
| 2023/24 | 500 |
| 2024/25 | 522 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lostock High School compares
Lostock High School ranked 16th of 18 secondary schools in Trafford for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 51% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.7 | 12.9% | 37.7% | 513 | — |
| St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy | 42.4 | 8.7% | 34.9% | 688 | 0.5 miles |
| Urmston Grammar Academy | 71.7 | 4.2% | 8.6% | 1,137 | 1.3 miles |
| Stretford High School | 44.4 | 9.4% | 44.4% | 1,000 | 1.5 miles |
| Stretford Grammar School | 74.4 | 3.9% | 18% | 956 | 1.5 miles |
| Flixton Girls School | 48.3 | 7.3% | 19.7% | 981 | 1.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.74%
- English as an additional language
- 48.5%
- Overall absence
- 12.87%
- Persistent absence
- 33.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Urmston Grammar Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Manchester
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Stretford High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Stretford Grammar School1.5 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Flixton Girls School1.7 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
Lostock High School ranks 43rd of the 59 ranked secondary schools in Manchester.
- Audenshaw School Secondary
- Broadoak School Secondary
- Burnage Academy for Boys Secondary
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School Secondary
- Chorlton High School Secondary
- CHS South Secondary
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue Secondary
- Co-op Academy Failsworth Secondary
- Co-op Academy Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy North Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy Swinton Secondary
- Co-op Academy Walkden Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lostock High School teach?
- Lostock High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Lostock High School?
- The headteacher of Lostock High School is Mrs Lindsay Brindley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lostock High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lostock High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lostock High School?
- Lostock High School has 513 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Lostock High School full?
- Lostock High School has capacity for 740 pupils and 513 on roll (69%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lostock High School a faith school?
- No. Lostock High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Lostock High School a selective school?
- No. Lostock High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Lostock High School have?
- The schools register lists Lostock High School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lostock High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.3 in 2022/23 and 43.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lostock High School rank locally?
- Lostock High School ranked 16th of 18 secondary schools in Trafford for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 51% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lostock High School's absence rate?
- Lostock High School's overall absence rate is 12.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lostock High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lostock High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.