Parents: Transfer to Secondary Education

One of the primary aims of St. Ambrose Preparatory School is to give all its pupils a secure foundation on which to build a happy and successful future at an appropriate secondary school.

Parents fully support, and rightly expect, the careful, detailed preparation which enables our boys to compete at a consistently high level in the selective entrance examinations of some of the finest secondary schools in the country including:

  • St. Ambrose College
  • Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
  • Manchester Grammar School
  • St. Bede’s College, Manchester
  • The table below details the secondary destinations of St. Ambrose pupils over the last 6 years.

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Altrincham Grammar School 5 5 5 8 9 6
Blessed Thomas Holford 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Grange 0 0 1 0 0 0
Manchester Grammar School 4 1 2 1 0 0
North Cestrian 1 1 0 0 1 1
Sale Grammar School 0 0 0 2 0 0
St. Ambrose College 25 26 20 28 29 19
St. Bede’s College 1 1 5 4 4 1
Wellington High School 0 0 0 1 1 1
Other - - - 3 - 3
Total No. of Pupils 36 34 33 47 44 31