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Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,381Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137289URN

Cavendish Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, WA14 2NL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.9 below Trafford median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in TraffordSelective

443 applications for 209 places · 16th of 19 in Trafford
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
77.8of 90
2nd of 18 in Trafford
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 11 October 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
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Trafford median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

443 applications · 209 places offered · 281 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.1; Trafford median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.2; 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 2.0; Trafford median median 2.6
  6. 2021 4.3; 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 2.2; Trafford median median 2.6
  10. 2017 2.5; Trafford median median 2.9
  11. 2016 2.3; Trafford median median 2.4
  12. 2015 2.1; Trafford median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.2; 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 20262094432.12811.34
Sep 20252084622.23101.49
Sep 20242144992.33051.43
Sep 20232104542.22681.28
Sep 20222094262.02941.41
Sep 20212078874.34822.33
Sep 20202194972.33071.40
Sep 20192175052.32881.33
Sep 20182204932.22891.31
Sep 20171834502.52671.46
Sep 20162185102.32911.33
Sep 20152204562.13261.48
Sep 20142224952.23331.50

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

205 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)77.82nd of 18 in Trafford
Grade 5 or above in English and maths98%6th of 18 in Trafford
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98%
  • This school
  • Trafford median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.01
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20577.898%98%–
2024/2520880.6100%100%–
2023/2420081.699%100%+1.01
2022/2320382.299%100%+1.05

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
137289 · 358/5407
Trust
Bright Futures Educational Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,370 pupils · 1,381 on roll
Free school meals
7.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
17 August 2011
Replaced
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls (URN 106362)
Address
Cavendish Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, WA14 2NL
Local authority
Trafford

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