Alcester Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Warwickshire
Unique reference
136622
Address
Birmingham Road, B49 5ED

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1292 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
60.9%
Girls
39.1%
First language not English
8.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
2.2%
Persistent absence
11.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.6%
Indian 8.3%
Mixed 6.9%
Other White 5.2%
Other Asian 1.5%
African 1.1%
Chinese 1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 87%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 95%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 71
Local authority average 48.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.8
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE140
Business Studies:SingleGCSE81
ChemistryGCSE141
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE153
English LiteratureGCSE153
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE27
FrenchGCSE59
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Alcester Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
146
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
292
2nd preference
340
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
283
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
91
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
59
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 classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
154
97
57
Year 8
155
100
55
Year 9
155
109
46
Year 10
154
116
38
Year 11
153
107
46
Year 12
270
130
140
Year 13
251
128
123
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
87.0%
86.5%
Further education
4.0%
32.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
90.0%
45.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
64.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
45.0%
23.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
40.0%
20.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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