Alcester Academy

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Alcester, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

3.96 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Alcester Academy is a secondary school in Alcester, Warwickshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 January 2022. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.

Alcester Academy catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Year 7 2026	3.96 mi
Year 7 2025	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2024	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2023	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2022	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2021	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2020	🔒 With a pass
Year 7 2017	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.96 miles from the school, the 12th shortest of 32 Warwickshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
Year 7 last distances have swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2017.
For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 145 first-choice applications for 131 offers; 119 offers went to first-choice families and 26 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 69% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Warwickshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Gerard Road, Alcester, B49 6QQ
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–16
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 636 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 20.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.1

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 19 January 2022

Strengths

“Pupils benefit from a highly inclusive school where they feel safe, valued and well supported.”
“Pupils see their school as a genuine community where everyone belongs.”
“They are proud of their school.”

To improve

“Senior leaders should strengthen the contribution of leaders at all levels to strategic improvement so the quality of the school's work continues to improve.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25)	69%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	54	46

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Year 7 entry: 145 first-preference applications, 131 offers in total, 119 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby secondary schools

Straight-line distance, in Warwickshire.

St Benedict's Catholic High School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Alcester Grammar School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Studley High School 3.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Henley In Arden School 5.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Stratford Girls' Grammar School 6.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Stratford Upon Avon School 6.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
King Edward VI School 6.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Myton School 13.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published