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Ashton-on-Mersey School

Secondary school in England

Field	Value
image	Ashton-on-Mersey School (logo).jpg
coordinates
motto	"Believe Achieve Succeed"
type	Academy
head_label	Headteacher
head	Lee McConaghie
address	Cecil Avenue
city	Ashton On Mersey, Sale, Greater Manchester
country	England
postcode	M33 5BP
school_board	West Trafford School Partnership
local_authority	Trafford
trust	The Dean Trust
ofsted	yes
urn	138123
enrolment	1,600
lower_age	11
upper_age	19
hours_in_day	6 hours 35 minutes
colours	Burgundy, silver
website	http://www.aomschool.co.uk/

Ashton-on-Mersey School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Ashton upon Mersey, Greater Manchester, England.

The school is an academy, part of The Dean Trust, which includes Broadoak School and Lord Derby Academy in Huyton. Ashton-on-Mersey School can serve up to 1,570 students aged 11 to 19, it used to have a lower amount (1421 as of the 2023-2024 Academic year), but now has more (1600 as of the 2025-2026 Academic year).

It is a larger than average school. Ofsted has graded the school "Outstanding" across four inspections. The school was graded "Good" overall by Ofsted after an inspection on 22–23 January 2019. Some of its policies include no offensive or abusive language and neat uniform.

Of the 2022-2023 cohort, 52% got a grade 5 or above in their English and Maths GCSE exams. The most chosen subject of this cohort that is not one of the five compulsory subjects (Double Science, Maths, English Literature, English Language, and Spanish) was History, with 58.43% of the students choosing to study it.

Gymnasium

The school's gymnasium is open to the public after school on weekends and holidays. This is part of Dean Trust Fitness and Leisure, which have sites at other schools in The Dean Trust. It offers various sorts of sports venues such as tennis courts, fitness suite, and a 3G astro pitch. A variety of parties are also offered outside of school hours, in partnership with Prime Dance.

Notable alumni

Dakota Ditcheva (born 1998), English Muay Thai practitioner
Anthony Elanga (born 2002), Swedish footballer
Jonny Evans (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer
Yasmin Finney (born 2003), English actress
Angel Gomes (born 2000), English footballer
Josh Harrop (born 1995), English footballer
Sam Johnstone (born 1993), English footballer
Shea Lacey (born 2007), English footballer
Jesse Lingard (born 1992), English footballer
Donald Love (born 1994), English footballer
Kobbie Mainoo (born 2005), English footballer
Scott McTominay (born 1996), Scottish footballer
Ravel Morrison (born 1993), English footballer
Ben Pearson (born 1995), English footballer
Karl Pilkington (born 1972), English comedian and television personality
Gerard Piqué (born 1987), Spanish footballer
Marcus Rashford (born 1997), English footballer
Joe Rothwell (born 1995), English footballer
Shola Shoretire (born 2004), English footballer
Axel Tuanzebe (born 1997), Congolese footballer

References

"Ashton-on-Mersey School - GOV.UK". Department for Education.
"Ashton-on-Mersey School - GOV.UK". Department for Education.
Smart, Jonathan. (12 February 2019). "Inspection report: Ashton-on-Mersey School, 22–23 January 2019". [[Ofsted]].
(26 February 2024). "Ashton On Mersey Performance Data".
(26 February 2024). "Subjects entered at Key Stage 4".
"Fitness & Leisure – The Dean Trust".
(26 May 2022). "Marcus Rashford announces engagement to childhood sweetheart". ITV News.

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