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Living in Alcester with children

Alcester, Warwickshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 6,425 people in 3,049 households; 22.1% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

10schools in Alcester
£300ktypical semi, 12 months
89crimes a year per 1,000 people
78%gigabit broadband

Schools

10 schools: 7 state primary, 3 state secondary
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Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Warwickshire 61%ResultOfsted
1Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 17% (28/166) · 76%Outstanding
2Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 47% (77/166) · 65%Good
3Tudor Grange Primary Academy, HaselorPrimary · Top 48% (79/166) · 65%Ofsted report card
4Temple Grafton CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · (111/166) · 56%Good
5Dunnington CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · (112/166) · 55%Requires improvement
6St Nicholas CofE PrimaryPrimary · (127/166) · 52%Good
7Coughton CofE Primary SchoolPrimary · (143/166) · 47%School remains Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: Warwickshire 49.1ResultOfsted
1Alcester Grammar SchoolSecondary · Top 14% (5/36) · 75.5Outstanding
2Alcester AcademySecondary · Top 39% (14/36) · 48.9Good
3St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolSecondary · (33/36) · 40.5Good
Every school in Alcester, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (7)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstandingTop 17% (28/166) in Warwickshire—
Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary SchoolGoodTop 47% (77/166) in Warwickshire0.439 miles (2025)
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, HaselorOfsted report cardTop 48% (79/166) in Warwickshire—
Temple Grafton CofE Primary SchoolGood(111/166) in Warwickshire2.146 miles (2025)
Dunnington CofE Primary SchoolRequires improvement(112/166) in Warwickshire—
St Nicholas CofE PrimaryGood(127/166) in Warwickshire—
Coughton CofE Primary SchoolSchool remains Good(143/166) in Warwickshire2.82 miles (2025)

State secondary schools (3)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Alcester Grammar SchoolOutstandingTop 14% (5/36) in Warwickshire20.0 miles (2025)
Alcester AcademyGoodTop 39% (14/36) in Warwickshire3.657 miles (2025)
St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolGood(33/36) in Warwickshire—

Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Homes and prices

Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)
Detached£440,000
Semi-detached£300,000
Terraced£265,000
Flat or maisonette£145,000

The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (23 detached, 28 semi-detached, 25 terraced, 9 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Alcester. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Getting around

Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
0railway stations within 2 km
27bus stops within 1 km of the town centre

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 78% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 94%, on average across the 349 postcodes in B49. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).

Safety and environment

The town centre; addresses vary
89.2 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeInside the town's outline, September 2025 to August 2026. The most common: violent crime, anti social behaviour, shoplifting. Source: data.police.uk, street-level crime inside the ONS built-up area outline; people from Census 2021. A town centre with shops and pubs records more crime per resident than a suburb.
Flood zone 2FloodAt the town centre, the area is in flood zone 2 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning. Surface-water risk: we don't hold that map, so it is unknown here. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.Source: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0.
NO₂ 4.6AirAt the town centre, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 4.6 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 6.4 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 10.4 µg/m³ (2024). A background figure, not the air beside a busy road. Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Childcare

Ofsted early years register; published prices
5registered nurseries and pre-schools
unknownnone of their fees is held yet

What Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 4 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.88 an hour for a two-year-old.

All of them: 5 in Warwickshire.

Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.

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Key dates, Warwickshire

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Reception applications open1 Nov 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Warwickshire.

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