Ashton-on-Mersey School, Sale

In 2026, pupils at Ashton-on-Mersey School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 58.2 in Trafford and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 66% in Trafford and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 52.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.04: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35, against 56.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 21.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and History.

For September 2026 entry, 275 families put Ashton-on-Mersey School as their first choice and 1043 named it as one of their preferences, for 269 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 39 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Ashton-on-Mersey School are Sale Grammar School (1 mile, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 75.5); Sale High School (1.5 miles); Wellington School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.7); and St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy (2.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.3).

Ashton-on-Mersey School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Ashton-on-Mersey School is one of 11 schools run by The Dean Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.5 in 2024/25.

169 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Ashton-on-Mersey School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 65% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (95%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (65%).

Of the 255 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 31% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 74 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 22% went on to university or other higher education, 15% to apprenticeships and 55% into work. 8% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

14.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Brooklands (Manchester Metrolink), about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Moss Lane (s-bound), 310 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ashton-on-Mersey School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Ashton-on-Mersey School issued 45 suspensions, 2.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Ashton-on-Mersey School are St Mary's CofE Primary School (0.4 miles), Woodheys Primary School (0.5 miles), Firs Primary School (0.6 miles) and Tyntesfield Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.