Secondary
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Urban Road, Altrincham, WA15 8HT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1638 of 1700 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 122.3
- Pupils per adult
- 13.0
- Pupils
- 1,593
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
42%
33 points below the Altrincham average (75% across 8 schools)
48.9
15.8 below the Altrincham average (64.7 across 8 schools)
7th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Altrincham we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.89 |
| A level students | 112 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 52% |
| 22/23 | 46% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 42% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.2 |
| 22/23 | 36.0 |
| 23/24 | 33.9 |
| 24/25 | 31.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.02 |
| 22/23 | +0.20 |
| 23/24 | +0.23 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.5 |
| 22/23 | 47.1 |
| 23/24 | 50.5 |
| 24/25 | 48.9 |
Urban Road, Altrincham, WA15 8HT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Trafford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Clare Hogg
- Address
- Urban Road, Altrincham, WA15 8HT
- Telephone
- 01617686030