Ashton-on-Mersey School

Ashton-on-Mersey School
Address
Cecil Avenue

Ashton On Mersey, Sale, Greater Manchester
,
M33 5BP

Coordinates53°25′09″N 2°20′24″W / 53.419250°N 2.340111°W / 53.419250; -2.340111
Information
TypeAcademy
Motto"Believe Achieve Succeed"
School boardWest Trafford School Partnership
Local authorityTrafford
TrustThe Dean Trust
Department for Education URN138123 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherLee McConaghie
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,423
Hours in school day6 hours 35 minutes
Colour(s)Burgundy, silver
Websitehttp://www.aomschool.co.uk/

Ashton-on-Mersey School is a secondary school 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 1,561 students aged 11 to 18, however tends to have a lower amount (1421 as of the 2023-2024 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.