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Boys-U12B. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Once a year we crunch the data to reveal the best schools across our regionThe top secondary schools of Greater Manchester are listed here using the most up to date statistics.The Manchester Evening News uses a unique combination of data about schools across Greater Manchester to form a full picture about exactly how well schools perform - not focusing solely on exam results but a whole range of measures.Data is available for comparison on everything from pupils' attainment and the quality of the teaching to when the school was lasted inspected and teacher to pupil ratio.Unsurprisingly, Trafford’s grammar schools dominate the Greater Manchester school rankings.And this year we can reveal Sale Grammar School as the best state-funded secondary in the region - knocking their neighbours in Altrincham off the number one spot.Leaders at Sale pride themselves in nurturing students to become well-rounded individuals.The co-educational secondary has a visual arts specialist status, while also striving to produce excellent academic results.Mark Smallwood, who has been head of Sale Grammar School for eight years, said: “Our ranking reflects the hard work of our dedicated staff and fantastic students who we get to work with.Mr Smallwood said his school aims to have the perfect balance between ‘tradition and innovation’.“We appreciate traditional values and encourage our pupils to achieve excellent results,” he added.“But we are also always looking forward.
That’s probably why they always come back.”Of course, this is a grammar school, meaning pupils are selected based on ability and can expect to work towards academic excellence.Loreto encourages its girls to thrive at science and is now known as a STEM school of the North.It has also won various accolades for its impressive music department, as well as other extra-curricular pursuits of its youngsters.The Elton High School continues to go from strength to strength on its road to excellence.In recent years the school has moved smoothly into a new building and raised standards across all areas of academic life.In 2017, The Elton moved from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’ under Ofsted.Inspectors praised the school’s ‘inspiring’ headteacher Jonathan Wilton for creating a culture of high expectations.Pupils now make good progress in English, maths and science and provision for disadvantaged pupils at the Walshaw Road school has improved.Mr Wilton, who took over the school in September 2016, welcomed their second year at the top of the Real Schools Guide.The Blue Coat School’s motto of ‘faith, vision and nurture’ continues to yield impressive results.The Church of England secondary is Oldham’s best performing school in the Real Schools Guide for a second year in a row.It’s a larger than average secondary school consisting of more than 1,400 pupils aged between 11 and 18.But size is no obstacle to high standards at the Blue Coat, with pupils of all backgrounds making excellent academic progress.Ofsted rate the school as ‘outstanding’, as do parents and youngsters in the community it serves.In summer 2017 Blue Coat celebrated their most successful GCSE results year ever, with 82 per cent of pupils achieving level 4-9 (A to C) in both English and Maths, with nearly 40 per cent of all exam entries A*/A.In A-Level the school had a 100 per cent pass rate for the first time, with five students accepting a University place at Oxford or Cambridge while head boy Tim Winter gained an apprenticeship witn Rolls Royce in their nuclear programme.The Blue Coat School became a National Teaching School and National Support School in Summer 2013.As a National Teaching school, Blue Coat has established the Northern Alliance, a group of school leaders and schools who work together to recruit the best teachers and staff.Here's our round-up of the best schools in the regionSale Grammar School headteacher Mark Smallwood with pupils Shachar, Jimmy, Dylan, Chris, Sneha and ErinAlison Byrne took over as headteacher at St Patrick's RC High School in 2017