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Grammar secondary · 11 to 18 · Mixed · 1,299 pupils

Alcester Grammar School

Birmingham Road, Alcester, B49 5ED · Warwickshire
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

Offers reached between 20 and 21.23 miles in the last 2 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Warwickshire County Council offer-day figures, 2025 to 2026.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.
Ofsted: Outstanding · December 2022Top 14% (5/36)Oversubscribed · 2.0 first choices per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 56th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 14%.
Top 14% (5/36)Rank among 36 Warwickshire secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
Inspection
Outstanding, December 2022
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 21.23 mi (2026)
Results
+0.56 progress 8; 75.5 attainment 8
Size
1,299 pupils; 149 places a year; classes of 25
Run by
Alcester Grammar School
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11 to 18 · Mixed
Ofsted, December 2022The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.56, against +0.05 in Warwickshire.
  • Attainment 8: 75.5, against 49.1 in Warwickshire.
  • Oversubscribed: 2.0 first choices for each place (Year 7 2026).
  • Selective: places go by the 11+ test first.
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At a glance

Against Warwickshire and England
This schoolWarwickshireEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.56
Better than Warwickshire
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
75.5
Better than Warwickshire
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
99%
Better than Warwickshire
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
4.9%
Better than Warwickshire
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
15.9%
Better than Warwickshire
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
1.5
Better than Warwickshire
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
25.1
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
2%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
18.6
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
2.0
More sought after than Warwickshire
Warwickshire and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • Places are given by the 11+ test first, then usually by distance or area. DfE, Get Information about Schools
  • 293 families put it first for 149 places; 82 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Outstanding Ofsted · inspected 7 December 2022
  • Progress 8: +0.56 (England +0.01) (county +0.05) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 75.5 (England 47.4) (county 49.1) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 99% (England 48%) (county 51%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: well above average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 4.9% of sessions missed; 16% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.4% and 13% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 1 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 3); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 25.1 pupils; 29% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 18.6 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 51 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 4 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 2 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 4.9 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.4 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Alcester Grammar School DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined April 2011
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2011 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Alcester Grammar School (URN 125770) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2011
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
21.5 mi10.750
20252026

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026——150—21.23
Year 72025——150—20

Source: Council offer-day figures: Warwickshire County Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 7202614929382082
Year 7202515129179766
Year 7202414629280891
Year 7202314423969375
Year 7202214825065792
Year 7202114934086387
Year 7202014923960384
Year 7201914825359895
Year 7201814822853299
Year 7201714819850988

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.56+0.01+0.052023/2024
Attainment 875.547.449.12025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above99%48%51%2025/2026
Average A level gradeB——2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 14% (5/36)
A level (16 to 18)Top 24% (6/26)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
7 December 2022Graded inspectionOutstanding

Source: Ofsted, 2022.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2415399%In education 96%; Apprenticeship 0.7%; Employment 2.0%
After GCSEs2022/2315499%In education 97%; Apprenticeship 1.3%; Employment 0.6%
After GCSEs2021/22153100%In education 99%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.7%
After sixth form2023/2426091%Further education 1.9%; Apprenticeship 6.9%; Employment 25%
After sixth form2022/2330087%Further education 1.7%; Apprenticeship 5.3%; Employment 28%
After sixth form2021/2229491%Further education 1.0%; Apprenticeship 2.0%; Employment 29%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Warwickshire league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.9%4.6%0.3%16%0.7%
2023/245.6%5.1%0.6%15%0.5%
2022/235.9%5.4%0.5%16%0.9%
Schools with a similar intake5.4%13%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (under 10%), the median of 246 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.51.4%190
2023/241.41.1%180
2022/230.80.7%100
Schools with a similar intake2.5

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size25.12025/26
Classes over 30 pupils29%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher18.6November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus51

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20241
20231
20220
20211

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 2 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO24.92024
PM1010.72024
PM256.42024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals2.2%2025/26
First language other than English11%2025/26
SEN support3.6%2025/26
Education, health and care plan0.7%2025/26
Girls39%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Alcester Grammar School DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined April 2011
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 April 2011 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Alcester Grammar School (URN 125770) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2011
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Warwickshire County Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Alcester and the Warwickshire league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.