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Sale Grammar School

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National rank

Rank last year

83.3^%

A-level

73.7^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Rebecca Smith

Attendance 97.2%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 7.3% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,349

Pupils on free school meals 3.0%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

24.9

31.9

26.6

A*/A

56.7

A*-B

83.3

Grade

9/8

51.1

22.7

9/8/7

73.7

What the school inspection says

“Pupils and students respond exceptionally well to leaders’ and staff’s extremely high expectations for their academic achievement, behaviour and personal development ... Pupils, including students in the sixth form, consistently model the school values of ‘aspire, act, achieve’. Pupils described the school as one big family ... Learning experiences are enhanced especially well by a comprehensive extracurricular programme. This includes diverse and wide-ranging activities, from sports, music and languages to the rainbow LGBTQ+ club ... Leaders foster a deep love of reading ... All pupils, including those with special educationala needs and/or disabilities (Send) study a modern foreign language.”

Inspection

2022

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The school was formed in 1991 by the merger of Sale Boys’ Grammar School and Sale Girls’ Grammar School.
Its ethos is embodied by the six virtues of kindness, respect, community, creativity, curiosity and perseverance.
The four houses, known as “halls”, are Carrington, Massey (both named after local landowning families), Deva (from the Latin name for Chester), and Salix (Latin for the willow trees that give Sale its name).

admissions@salegrammar.co.uk

Telephone

0161 973 3217

Website

salegrammar.co.uk

Address

Marsland Road, Sale, M33 3NH

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