Sale High School, Sale

Overview

Sale High School is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Sale, North West, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy converter
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: Secondary
Age range: Ages 11–16
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
School capacity: 1,080
Pupils on roll: 1,103
URN: 151895

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: Trafford
Academy trust or group: UNITED LEARNING TRUST

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Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 227
Total preferences: 980
Offers made: 212

First preferences compared with offers

1.07 first preferences per offer

227 first preferences and 212 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	227	980	212
2025/26	237	1,099	200
2024/25	195	1,124	200
2023/24	182	1,048	240
2022/23	146	813	204

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

DfE has not published results for this school under its current identity.

Previous school performance

These results relate to a predecessor school that operated before the current establishment. They are not results for the school under its current identity.

Sale High School · Secondary · 2024/25
Measure	School
Attainment 8 score	49
Grade 5 or above in English & maths	46.3%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths	67.5%
Entering the EBacc	50.2%

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement.

Ungraded inspection
Inspected 18 December 2024 · Published 29 January 2025
Outcome: Standards maintained
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Sale High School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address: Norris Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3JR
Local authority: Trafford
Area: Schools in Trafford

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