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Stratford Girls' Grammar School

Secondary Ages 11-18 853 pupils Stratford-Upon-Avon
Ofsted: Outstanding

Stratford Girls' Grammar School is an academy converter in Stratford-Upon-Avon for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has 853 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Stratford Girls' Grammar School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2022. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 81.9, and 99% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE. Places are in short supply, with 177 of the 289 families who named it as their first choice for a Year 7 place in September 2026 missing out. Attendance is among the best for secondary schools in England, with 4.4% of sessions missed in 2024/25 compared with 8.4% nationally.

Ofsted inspection: November 2022. GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Shottery Manor
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 9HA
Phone 01789293759
Reference Number 137235

General Makeup

Number of pupils 853
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 29.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 Unknown 120 120
8 Unknown 120 120
9 Unknown 120 120
10 Unknown 120 120
11 Unknown 119 119
12 Unknown 133 133
13 Unknown 121 121

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 43.1%
Indian 25.2%
Chinese 6.3%
White, Other 5.5%
Asian, Other 4.6%
Mixed, Other 4.2%
White & Asian 3.9%
Pakistani 2.7%
Unclassified 1.1%
African 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Irish 0.2%

Stratford Girls’ Grammar has received an outstanding rating in its first inspection, reflecting its exceptional quality of education, outstanding leadership, and exemplary behavior and attitudes among pupils. Leaders have established a well-rounded curriculum that not only caters to academic excellence but also supports the emotional and personal development of the students. The school’s ethos of 'Shaping Futures' fosters a supportive community where pupils thrive academically and socially, ensuring they are well-prepared for their future endeavors, including sixth-form pathways and beyond.

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Report Date 27 Sep 2022
Date Report
27 Sep 2022 School inspection:
14 Feb 2012 Academy conversion letter
25 Feb 2009 Full inspection:
Previously as Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls A Specialist College for Language and Science
04 Feb 2008 Curriculum and development visit
08 Mar 2006 Full inspection:
06 Nov 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Exceptional leadership and ambition in curriculum design.
  • High expectations resulting in enthusiastic learning from pupils.
  • Strong emphasis on personal development and well-being.
  • Exemplary behavior and mutual respect among pupils and staff.
  • Wide range of enrichment opportunities to enhance learning.

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
81.9

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 99.2%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 100%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade A- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B+ C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 38.3%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 88 7
Third Preference 34 1
From another Local Authority 172 48

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Stratford Girls' Grammar School had 831 pupils for 850 places. 19 places (2.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Stratford Secondary” planning area

Warwickshire counted 556 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 516 in 2031–32, down 7%.

2012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 578578578578850850850850850850850850850
Pupils 597625651678730781807820781817822815831
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%14.1%8.1%5.1%3.5%8.1%3.9%3.3%4.1%2.2%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Stratford Girls' Grammar School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 8.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.9%3.9%3.8%4.0%4.2%3.7%3.4%6.8%6.3%5.5%4.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.4%0.0%0.3%0.2%0.5%0.0%0.3%0.7%0.7%0.3%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.1% of pupils at Stratford Girls' Grammar School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.30.00.00.00.00.00.01.00.00.30.00.00.00.00.1
Permanent exclusions 000000000000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Stratford Girls' Grammar School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.911.912.812.713.414.613.516.315.114.714.215.314.214.615.1
Teachers who left state teaching 7.3%11.0%13.7%10.9%8.7%14.6%13.3%8.3%6.7%3.6%11.8%2.3%8.0%9.1%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 59.6%54.5%55.1%38.5%69.6%72.1%49.2%63.6%–49.1%87.5%68.3%76.7%70.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.51.81.83.23.65.02.53.3–2.65.82.43.53.3–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 1.3% of pupils at Stratford Girls' Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 6 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Stratford Girls' Grammar School received £7,552 and spent £7,413 for each of its 831 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £563,000 (£677 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £45,000£127,000£248,000£353,000£423,000£461,000£563,000
per pupil £55£161£318£431£514£566£677
In-year balance £35,000£81,000£123,000£106,000£70,000£38,000£116,000
per pupil £43£103£157£129£85£47£140

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Shottery St Andrew's CofE Primary School
3 Hathaway Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9BL
0.19 miles
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
The Willows North, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9QN
0.23 miles
Stratford-Upon-Avon Primary School
Broad Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6HN
0.52 miles
Stratford Preparatory School
Church House, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BG
0.61 miles
Bishopton Primary School
Drayton Avenue, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9PB
0.69 miles
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
Avenue Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6UZ
0.92 miles
Thomas Jolyffe Primary School
Clopton Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6TE
1.05 miles
Bridgetown Primary School
Byron Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 7JP
1.3 miles
Alveston CofE Primary School
Knights Lane, Tiddington, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 7BZ
2.05 miles
Wilmcote C of E Primary School
Church Road, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9XD
2.52 miles
The Croft Preparatory School
Alveston Hill, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7RL
2.58 miles
Welford-on-Avon Primary School
Headland Road, Welford-on-Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 8ER
3.2 miles
Snitterfield Primary School
School Road, Snitterfield, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 0JL
3.53 miles
Temple Grafton CofE Primary School
Temple Grafton, Church Bank, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6NU
4.13 miles
Loxley CofE Community Primary School
Loxley, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV35 9JT
4.32 miles
Hampton Lucy CofE Primary School
Church Street, Hampton Lucy, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV35 8BE
4.39 miles
Tudor Grange Primary Academy, Haselor
Haselor, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6LU
4.72 miles
Quinton Primary School
Lower Quinton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 8SA
4.73 miles
Name Distance
Stratford Upon Avon School
Alcester Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9DH
0.27 miles
King Edward VI School
Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6BE
0.72 miles
Welcombe Hills School
Blue Cap Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6TQ
1.15 miles

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What is Stratford Girls' Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stratford Girls' Grammar School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Stratford Girls' Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stratford Girls' Grammar School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Stratford Girls' Grammar School have?

Stratford Girls' Grammar School has 853 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stratford Girls' Grammar School cover?

Stratford Girls' Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Stratford Girls' Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 81.9, and 99% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Stratford Girls' Grammar School?

Stratford Girls' Grammar School is at Shottery Manor, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9HA.

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