Loreto Grammar School is located in

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. Pupils must sit an entrance exam to enter, and fulfil several other entry criteria. It is part of the worldwide Loreto community, and the Altrincham school was founded by the

Sisters of Loreto The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose members are commonly known as the Loreto Sisters, is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education founded in Saint-Omer by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609. The cong ...

in 1909. It has also assumed the status of an academy (30 August 2012) and is a specialist school for maths and science. The school's values are justice, truth, sincerity, freedom, joy, and more recently excellence and internationality. At the school there are 1050 students and 100 staff members. Loreto is also part of a bigger, worldwide community which was founded by Mary Ward and this consists of over 120 schools and 70,000 students. The 266 students of the school's sixth form are expected to support the ethos and values of the school and show the ability to follow an academic AS/A2 level course or the International Baccalaureate course. The school was described in its 2005 Ofsted report as "outstanding with an outstanding sixth form". In its next report in 2008 Ofsted remarked "This is an outstandingly effective school. It has improved substantially since the last inspection and has demonstrated excellent capacity to develop further".

Notable former pupils

* Suzanne Charlton, former BBC weather presenter, daughter of Sir

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, England netball captain 2020, also plays for Surrey Storm netball club * Antonia Quirke, film critic, TV and radio presenter * Anna Scaife, professor of radio astronomy at the

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, winner of the 2018 Jackson-Gwilt Medal * Nina Warhurst, BBC Breakfast presenter * Isabella Neville, Model, daughter of

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, niece of

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, sister of

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References

Girls' schools in Greater Manchester Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Shrewsbury Grammar schools in Trafford Sisters of Loreto schools Altrincham Academies in Trafford 1909 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 1909 {{GreaterManchester-school-stub