 There are 73 primary schools in Trafford , 17 secondary and grammar schools , and 6 special schools . Trafford maintains a selective education system , with grammar schools , assessed by the Eleven Plus exam . Trafford College , a £ <unk> " super college " in Stretford , is the only college of further education in Trafford . It was officially opened in 2008 , following a merger between South Trafford College and North Trafford College . Overall , Trafford was ranked 2nd out of all of the local education authorities in National Curriculum assessment performance in 2014 . Indeed , in 2014 Trafford was the first in the United Kingdom for Key Stage 2 results , with 87 % of Year 6 pupils achieving the expected standard of Level 4 or above in Reading , Writing and Arithmetic . Also in 2014 2nd for both GCSE and A @-@ Level results , with 72 @.@ 2 % of Year 11 pupils achieving the expected standard or above of 5 GCSE 's including English and Maths . For A @-@ Level results 25 % of students gained 3 A @-@ Levels at grades A * -A , which is twice the national average , whilst 33 % gained 3 A @-@ levels at grades A * -B . 
