Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 1 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
- 19 January 2022Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry342 applications · 131 places offered · 145 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Warwickshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.9; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2024 3.1; Warwickshire median median 2.4
- 2023 3.3; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2022 2.6; Warwickshire median median 2.1
- 2021 3.0; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2020 2.4; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2019 2.8; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.5; Warwickshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; Warwickshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.6
- 2014 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.6
- This school
- Warwickshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 131 | 342 | 2.6 | 145 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2025 | 132 | 380 | 2.9 | 147 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2024 | 125 | 393 | 3.1 | 161 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 123 | 408 | 3.3 | 143 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 129 | 331 | 2.6 | 155 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2021 | 134 | 403 | 3.0 | 129 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 131 | 315 | 2.4 | 152 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2019 | 129 | 360 | 2.8 | 159 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2018 | 134 | 339 | 2.5 | 171 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2017 | 130 | 230 | 1.8 | 109 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2016 | 132 | 194 | 1.5 | 82 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2015 | 94 | 167 | 1.8 | 68 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 118 | 2.0 | 44 | 0.73 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 118 | 48.9 | 51% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 130 | 54.0 | 69% | 84% | – |
| 2023/24 | 125 | 54.4 | 64% | 81% | +0.65 |
| 2022/23 | 123 | 55.0 | 59% | 86% | +0.76 |
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
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Alcester AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.6applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · WarwickshireGood20242.2applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · WarwickshireOutstanding20225.5applications per place 75.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.1 km · WarwickshireOutstanding20242.0applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · Worcestershire202633.1Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · WorcestershireOutstanding202446.4Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · WorcestershireStandards maintained202441.9Attainment 8
- 9.1 km · WarwickshireRemains Good20223.1applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 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
- 137172 · 937/4240
- Trust
- Alcester Academy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 650 pupils · 636 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Alcester High School Technology College (URN 125750)
- Address
- Gerard Road, Alcester, B49 6QQ
- Local authority
- Warwickshire · Stratford-on-Avon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources