Stretford High School
Foundation secondary school in Manchester (Trafford).
Location
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Stretford High School is an 11-16, non-selective, Local Authority Maintained Foundation School based in the selective Authority of Trafford. The School serves a richly diverse local community and is widely recognised for its excellent practice supporting vulnerable students.
The curriculum is broad and rich and an array of extra-curricular activities enrich and supplement classroom learning. Our students are friendly, kind, generous, ambitious and resilient. They have a strong sense of cultural identity and for many of them their faith plays an important role in their lives.
Our school is incredibly diverse in terms of language and culture, which means that we have an extremely rich environment in which to work and serve. We are passionate about potential and relationships are very strong between young people and teachers. We are working together to build something very special for young people we have the privilege of working with.
Additionally, the School's Board of Governors is made up of leading local figures and parents who are working hard to ensure the highest quality education for our community. Our Behaviour Management and Positive Relationship Policy can be found on the Policies page .
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Thinking Schools
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
- Leading Parent Partnership AwardWorking with families
Key facts
- URN
- 106370
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (9 current, 2 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Catherine Counsell | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ali Rizvi | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Laura-Jane Marris | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Sophie Triantafillou | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Colin Lloyd-Bailey | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Sami Gichki | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Daniel Moloney | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Shabir Ahmed | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Nicola Doward | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2015 |
| Mr Cyriac Kombanal Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Abdul Huy Malek Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record