Schools in Atherstone
Atherstone in North Warwickshire has 14 schools in the catchment.school database, including 9 primaries and 1 secondary. Notably, 3 selective schools operate in the area — Atherstone is one of the few non-metropolitan districts in the Midlands where grammar selection plays a significant role in secondary admissions. Six schools hold a faith designation.
The Queen Elizabeth Academy is the main state secondary in Atherstone, while selective grammar schools in Nuneaton and Tamworth attract pupils who pass the relevant selection tests. Two area schools hold Good or Outstanding Ofsted ratings. Primary schools including Sheepy Magna and Witherley Church of England schools serve the surrounding rural parishes. Families must register for grammar selection tests separately and to an earlier timeline than standard admissions — check the Warwickshire admissions website each June for registration dates.
School demand in Atherstone
Across the 13 schools in Atherstone with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 88%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Atherstone have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Atherstone are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Leicestershire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
2 of the schools in Atherstone have a current Ofsted rating, of which 2 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Atherstone (9)
Sheepy Magna Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Atherstone · CV9 3QR
Witherley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Atherstone · CV9 3NA
Hurley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Atherstone · CV9 2HY
Outwoods Primary School
Primary · Community school
Atherstone · CV9 1EH
Austrey CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Atherstone · CV9 3EQ
Woodside CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Atherstone · CV9 2BS
Racemeadow Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Atherstone · CV9 1LT
Wood End Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Atherstone · CV9 2QL
St Benedict's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Atherstone · CV9 1PS
Secondary Schools in Atherstone (1)
Other Schools in Atherstone (4)
Twycross House School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Atherstone · CV9 3PL
Twycross House Pre-Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Atherstone · CV9 3PQ
Atherstone Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Atherstone · CV9 1LF
OneSchool Global UK
Not applicable · Other independent school
Atherstone · CV9 1AE
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Atherstone are set by Leicestershire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.