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Altrincham Grammar School for Boys

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,432Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136458URN

Marlborough Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, WA14 2RS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.8 below Trafford median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in TraffordSelective

498 applications for 215 places · 14th of 19 in Trafford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
79.1of 90
1st of 18 in Trafford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 27 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below Trafford median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

498 applications · 215 places offered · 302 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.3; Trafford median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.3; Trafford median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.3; Trafford median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.2; Trafford median median 2.8
  5. 2022 2.1; Trafford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 4.0; Trafford median median 3.4
  7. 2020 2.3; Trafford median median 2.5
  8. 2019 2.3; Trafford median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.4; Trafford median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.4; Trafford median median 2.9
  11. 2016 2.0; Trafford median median 2.4
  12. 2015 2.1; Trafford median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.4; Trafford median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Trafford median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Trafford median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262154982.33021.40
Sep 20252174902.33201.47
Sep 20242194932.33051.39
Sep 20232184812.22941.35
Sep 20222144412.12691.26
Sep 20212158564.05122.38
Sep 20202154952.33121.45
Sep 20191994622.33021.52
Sep 20181954702.43051.56
Sep 20171934712.42921.51
Sep 20162244512.02831.26
Sep 20152344902.13081.32
Sep 20141914662.42721.42

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

200 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)79.11st of 18 in Trafford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths100%1st of 18 in Trafford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Trafford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.32
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20079.1100%100%–
2024/2520278.599%100%–
2023/2418279.9100%100%+1.32
2022/2317880.199%100%+1.14

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136458 · 358/5404
Trust
The Hamblin Education Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,231 pupils · 1,432 on roll
Free school meals
5.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2011
Replaced
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys (URN 106361)
Address
Marlborough Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, WA14 2RS
Local authority
Trafford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources