Alcester Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,299 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 73.7
Academy converter
Alcester Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 636of 650 places
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 130
- Ofsted
- Good, 19 January 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Alcester High School Technology College (URN 125750, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Alcester Academy has no sixth form. Of the 123 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 47% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.0 against 46.1 across England and 48.0 in Warwickshire, with 69% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Alcester Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Warwickshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Alcester Academy | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 123 | 6,474 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 41% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Alcester Academy | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 54.0 | 48.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 69% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 69% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.89 | 4.28 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 22% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.2 | 32.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.5 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 13% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 130 | 100% | 88% | 35% | 22% | 86% |
| English Literature | 130 | 100% | 86% | 21% | 21% | 84% |
| English Language | 130 | 100% | 89% | 26% | 20% | 84% |
| Religious Studies | 94 | 72% | 31% | 10% | 32% | 54% |
| History | 84 | 65% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 71% |
| Geography | 66 | 51% | 41% | 24% | 25% | 73% |
| Biology | 65 | 50% | 23% | 46% | 45% | 98% |
| Combined Science | 65 | 50% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 75% |
| French | 64 | 49% | 18% | 6% | 29% | 58% |
| Chemistry | 63 | 48% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 63 | 48% | 23% | 22% | 46% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 45 | 35% | 9% | 29% | 28% | 91% |
| Design and Technology | 39 | 30% | 11% | 21% | 23% | 82% |
| German | 30 | 23% | 5% | 3% | 33% | 83% |
| Media Studies | 28 | 22% | 4% | 7% | 20% | 75% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 11% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 79% |
| Statistics | 13 | 10% | 5% | 46% | 20% | 100% |
| Photography | 13 | 10% | 6% | 46% | 19% | 100% |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 19 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 12 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 10 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.