Sale High School

Type Secondary / Foundation school
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Norris Road
Sale
Cheshire
M33 3JR
Phone 01619732713
Reference Number 106375

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1049
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.91%
Girls: 49.09%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 18.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 108 129 237
8 106 106 212
9 106 101 207
10 112 96 208
11 102 83 185

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 62.7%
Chinese 6%
African 5.7%
Pakistani 4.7%
Indian 3.9%
Mixed, Other 2.6%
White, Other 2.2%
Asian, Other 2.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
Caribbean 1.9%
White & Asian 1.3%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2025-01-30
Date Description Report
2024-12-17 School inspection School inspection
2019-05-15 Short inspection Short inspection
2015-06-11 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-05-21 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2013-09-26 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-06-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-01-09 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2009-10-08 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2009-01-13 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-11-22 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2006-05-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2006-03-02 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2005-11-30 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2005-05-23 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 50.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 67.8% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 263 43
Third Preference 216 12
From another Local Authority 169 6

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

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Name Distance
Lime Tree Primary Academy
Budworth Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2RP
0.32 miles
St Anne's CofE Primary School
Trinity Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3ES
0.45 miles
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Old Hall Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2JA
0.53 miles
Templemoor Infant and Nursery School
Nursery Close, Off Temple Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2EG
0.58 miles
Worthington Primary School
Worthington Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2JJ
0.61 miles
Button Lane Primary School
Button Lane, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0ND
0.7 miles
Moorlands Junior School
Temple Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2LP
0.71 miles
Sandilands Primary School
Wendover Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9JX
0.77 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Marlborough Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3AF
0.81 miles
Brooklands Primary School
Woodbourne Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3SY
0.87 miles
Springfield Primary School
Springfield Road, Sale, Greater Manchester, M33 7XS
0.93 miles
Heyes Lane Primary School
Crofton Avenue, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 6BZ
0.98 miles
Rack House Primary School
Yarmouth Drive, Northern Moor, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 0BT
1.08 miles
Forest Park Preparatory School
27 Oakfield, Sale, M33 6NB
1.23 miles
St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Rackhouse Road, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0BW
1.24 miles
St Mary's CofE Primary School
St Mary's Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 6SA
1.34 miles
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Floatshall Road, Baguley, Manchester, M23 1HP
1.35 miles
Pictor Academy
Grove Lane, Timperley, Cheshire, WA15 6PH
1.45 miles
Park Road Sale Primary School
Park Road, Sale, Greater Manchester, M33 6HR
1.47 miles
St Hugh's Catholic Primary School
Park Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 6TQ
1.5 miles
Name Distance
Sale Grammar School
Marsland Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3NH
0.5 miles
Dixons Brooklands Academy
Moor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M23 9BP
0.9 miles
Pioneer House High School
200 Yewtree Lane, Northern Moor, Manchester, M23 0FF
1.12 miles
Ashton-on-Mersey School
Cecil Avenue, Sale, Cheshire, M33 5BP
1.47 miles
Wellington School
Wellington Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 7RH
1.87 miles
The Trafford and Stockport College Group
Manchester Road, Altrincham, WA14 5PQ
1.94 miles
Southern Cross School
Roundwood Road, Northenden, Manchester, M22 4AB
1.96 miles
Stretford Grammar School
Granby Road, Stretford, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M32 8JB
2.06 miles
Manchester Islamic Grammar School for Girls
141 Barlow Moor Road, Manchester, M20 2PQ
2.08 miles
Manor Academy Sale
Manor Avenue, Sale, Cheshire, M33 5JX
2.18 miles
Dixons Newall Green Academy
Greenbrow Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M23 2SX
2.2 miles
Brentwood School
Cherry Lane, Sale, Cheshire, M33 4GY
2.2 miles
Loreto High School Chorlton
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, M21 7SW
2.2 miles
Altrincham College
Green Lane, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 8QW
2.23 miles
Chorlton High School
Nell Lane, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 7SL
2.26 miles
Piper Hill High School
Firbank Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2YS
2.27 miles
Saint Paul's Catholic High School
Firbank Road, Newall Green, MANCHESTER, M23 2YS
2.31 miles
Lancasterian School
Elizabeth Slinger Road, West Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2XA
2.34 miles
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Urban Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 8HT
2.37 miles
CHS South
451 Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21 7SX
2.45 miles
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