St Benedict's Catholic High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Alcester · B49 6PX · Warwickshire
Ages 11–18
- Att849.3
- P80.3
- EM5+49%
- Absence10.5%
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 136622
Alcester Grammar School
Academy converter · Alcester · B49 5ED
Ages 11–18 · 1,299 pupils · Warwickshire
Ofsted
Outstanding
Attainment 8
73.2
Overall absence
5.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2022-12-07
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.56
−20+2
Attainment 873.2
English & maths grade 5+97%
English & maths grade 4+100%
EBacc entry85%
EBacc APS: 7.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)15.5%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 5.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 776
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill101%
1,299 pupils · 1,290 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,299
- Boys / girls
- 797 / 502
- School capacity
- 1,290
- Capacity fill
- 1,299 / 1,290 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 1.7%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ALCESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- ALCESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Ms Rachel Thorpe
Location
- Address
- Birmingham Road
- Postcode
- B49 5ED
- Town
- Alcester
- County
- Warwickshire
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- District
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Alcester, Warwickshire, 1,299 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 1.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Alcester Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Alcester · B49 6QQ · Warwickshire
Ages 11–16
- Att854.4
- P80.7
- EM5+64%
- Absence6.6%
0.8 miles away
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Alcester · B49 6AG · Warwickshire
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM27.5%
0.3 miles away
St Nicholas CofE Primary
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Alcester · B49 6AG · Warwickshire
Ages 4–11
- KS244%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM21.8%
0.3 miles away
Other independent special school
Alcester · B49 5HJ · Warwickshire
Ages 5–11
0.3 miles away
Coughton CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Alcester · B49 5HN · Warwickshire
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM15.2%
1.6 miles away
Great Alne Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Alcester · B49 6HQ · Warwickshire
Ages 4–11
- KS233%
- Absence8.5%
- FSM61.5%
1.8 miles away
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
Alcester · B49 6LU · Warwickshire
Ages 3–11
- KS236%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM19.4%
2.1 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Rachel Thorpe
- Telephone
- 01789762494