Alcester Academy
Gerard Road, Alcester, B49 6QQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ALCESTER ACADEMY
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Mellors
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 650
- Pupils on roll
- 636
- URN
- 137172
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01789762285
About this school
Alcester Academy is a secondary academy in Alcester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 636 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 123 | 125 | 130 |
| Attainment 8 score | 55.0 | 54.4 | 54.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.76 +0.51 to +1.01 | +0.65 +0.40 to +0.90 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 64% | 68.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% | 80.8% | 83.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% | 57.6% | 68.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Alcester Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 54.4 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 54 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 645 |
| 2023/24 | 635 |
| 2024/25 | 632 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Alcester Academy compares
Alcester Academy ranked 8th of 36 secondary schools in Warwickshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 85% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54 | 6.1% | 22% | 636 | — |
| St Benedict's Catholic High School | 46 | 7.8% | 27.6% | 455 | 0.4 miles |
| Alcester Grammar School | 73.7 | 4.9% | 1.7% | 1,299 | 0.8 miles |
| Studley High School | 45.9 | 7.5% | 16.5% | 829 | 3.8 miles |
| Ridgeway Secondary School | 47 | 6.1% | 17.8% | 432 | 4.1 miles |
| Tudor Grange Academy Redditch | 29.8 | 13.8% | 34.7% | 435 | 4.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.99%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.05%
- Persistent absence
- 14.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Benedict's Catholic High School0.4 miles
Secondary · Alcester
-
Alcester Grammar School0.8 miles
Secondary · Alcester
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Studley High School3.8 miles
Secondary · Studley
-
Ridgeway Secondary School4.1 miles
Secondary · Redditch
-
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch4.8 miles
Secondary · Redditch
Other schools in Alcester
- Alcester Grammar School Secondary
- St Benedict's Catholic High School Secondary
- Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School Primary
- Coughton CofE Primary School Primary
- Dunnington CofE Primary School Primary
- Great Alne Primary School Primary
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas CofE Primary Primary
- Temple Grafton CofE Primary School Primary
- Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor Primary
- Fortitude School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Alcester Academy teach?
- Alcester Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Alcester.
- Who is the headteacher of Alcester Academy?
- The headteacher of Alcester Academy is Mrs Sarah Mellors, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Alcester Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Alcester Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Alcester Academy?
- Alcester Academy has 636 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Alcester Academy full?
- Alcester Academy has capacity for 650 pupils and 636 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Alcester Academy a faith school?
- No. Alcester Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Alcester Academy a selective school?
- No. Alcester Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Alcester Academy?
- Alcester Academy is part of ALCESTER ACADEMY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Alcester Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 55 in 2022/23 and 54 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Alcester Academy rank locally?
- Alcester Academy ranked 8th of 36 secondary schools in Warwickshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 85% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Alcester Academy's absence rate?
- Alcester Academy's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Alcester Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Alcester Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.