Alcester Grammar School, Alcester

In its own words: "A warm welcome to Alcester Grammar School (AGS). On June 1st 2022, I was very proud to join this wonderful school as Principal. Forward-thinking, selective and co-educational, AGS is truly a special, unique and outstanding institution that offers a rich, ambitious curriculum and a broad all-round education , supported by outstanding pastoral care."

From the headteacher's welcome: "Forward-thinking, selective and co-educational, AGS is truly a special, unique and outstanding institution that offers a rich, ambitious curriculum and a broad all-round education, supported by outstanding pastoral care."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 12 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Alcester Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 75.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50 in Warwickshire and 47 across England.

99% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 52% in Warwickshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 73.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.56: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

Alcester Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 293 families put Alcester Grammar School as their first choice and 820 named it as one of their preferences, for 149 places offered. That is 2 first choices for every place. 211 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Alcester Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Alcester Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Warwickshire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Warwickshire has 5 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Alcester Grammar School are St Benedict's Catholic High School (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.5); Alcester Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.9); Ridgeway Secondary School (3.6 miles, Attainment 8 43.9); and Studley High School (3.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.7).

Alcester Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 153 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 5% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 260 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 42% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

2.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 11.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (68%), Asian (14%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 47 pupils (3.6%) received SEN support and 9 (0.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Alcester Grammar School.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alcester Grammar School (adjacent), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Alcester Grammar School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Alcester Grammar School issued 19 suspensions, 1.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Alcester Grammar School are Our Lady's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles), St Nicholas CofE Primary (0.3 miles) and Coughton CofE Primary School (1.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.