Schools in Alcester
Alcester has 12 schools in Warwickshire, with 8 primaries and 3 secondaries coordinated by Warwickshire County Council. Seven of the 12 schools have a religious character - an unusually high faith proportion for a market town of this size - and faith criteria play a significant role in oversubscribed school admissions. Four schools are oversubscribed, so catchment distances and faith practice records matter considerably.
One selective school operates in the area, reflecting Warwickshire's partially selective secondary landscape. The Alcester Academy serves the majority of non-selective secondary pupils, while King's High School and Stratford Grammar attract selective applicants from across South Warwickshire. Families should obtain the Local Authority's composite prospectus, which lists last-offered distances for each oversubscribed school.
School demand in Alcester
Across the 12 schools in Alcester with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 4 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Alcester have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
8 of the schools in Alcester are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Warwickshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Alcester have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Alcester: 3 oversubscribed (8)
Great Alne Primary School
Primary · Community school
Alcester · B49 6HQ
Bidford-on-Avon CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Alcester · B50 4QG
Dunnington CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Alcester · B49 5NT
St Nicholas CofE Primary
Primary · Academy converter
Alcester · B49 6AG
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor
Primary · Academy converter
Alcester · B49 6LU
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Alcester · B49 6AG
Coughton CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Alcester · B49 5HN
Temple Grafton CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Alcester · B49 6NU
Secondary Schools in Alcester (3)
Alcester Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Alcester · B49 5ED
Alcester Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Alcester · B49 6QQ
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Alcester · B49 6PX
Other Schools in Alcester (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Alcester are set by Warwickshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.