Altrincham Grammar School for Boys

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Trafford
Unique reference
136458
Address
Marlborough Road, Bowdon, WA14 2RS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1389 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
43.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
4.8%
Persistent absence
13.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 27.8%
Indian 20.7%
Pakistani 15.2%
Chinese 10.2%
Mixed 8.9%
Other Asian 4.9%
Other 4.2%
Other White 3.3%
African 2.7%
Unclassified 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 63%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 80.1
Local authority average 57
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.48
Local authority average 5.14
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)62
Religious StudiesAS level39
ArabicGCSE7
Art & DesignGCSE13
BiologyGCSE165
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE165
ChineseGCSE16
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE62
Design & TechnologyGCSE8
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
219
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
305
2nd preference
86
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
168
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
217
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
30
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
213
213
0
Year 8
210
210
0
Year 9
195
195
0
Year 10
203
203
0
Year 11
182
182
0
Year 12
201
201
0
Year 13
185
185
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
89.2%
85.6%
Further education
0.0%
28.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
95.0%
40.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
20.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
93.0%
74.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
82.0%
43.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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