Flixton Girls School

Flixton Girls School is performing well, with an overall effectiveness rated as good. The school environment fosters high expectations among students, leading to good academic achievements and positive attitudes towards learning. There are notable strengths in the school's commitment to ensuring pupils' personal development and providing various opportunities for leadership roles and extracurricular activities. Parents have expressed satisfaction with how new students are welcomed, especially in Year 7, highlighting the school's smooth transition process.

Strengths

• High expectations for all students, including those with SEND.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers.
• Effective collaboration with parents to support pupils with SEND.
• Students engage well in lessons and participate eagerly in activities.
• Well-considered personal development program.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum development is at an earlier stage in a small number of subjects.
• Support systems for struggling readers are underdeveloped.
• Inconsistent application of support strategies for pupils with SEND.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Flixton Girls School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.6% of pupils at Flixton Girls School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Flixton Girls School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.4% of pupils at Flixton Girls School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Flixton Girls School received £7,745 and spent £7,959 for each of its 964 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,381,000 (-£1,433 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Vantage Ce Academies Trust, income was £7,696 and spending £7,506 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Manchester · Trafford local authority: places and applications

Flixton Girls School is part of Vantage Ce Academies Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• St Hilda's CofE Primary School Manchester
• St Paul's CofE Primary School Salford
• St Augustine's CofE Primary School Manchester
• Gorton Primary School Manchester
• St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy Manchester
• Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton Bolton
• St James' CofE Primary School Gorton Manchester
• Willow Tree Primary School Liverpool
• Knowsley Lane Primary School Liverpool

What is Flixton Girls School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Flixton Girls School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Flixton Girls School last inspected by Ofsted?

Flixton Girls School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Flixton Girls School have?

Flixton Girls School has 981 pupils on roll.

What age range does Flixton Girls School cover?

Flixton Girls School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Flixton Girls School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.9, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Flixton Girls School?

Flixton Girls School is at Flixton Road, Trafford, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5DR.