Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls has achieved an outstanding rating in its first inspection under section 5 of the Education Act. The school demonstrates exceptional performance in all areas, including the quality of education, personal development, and leadership. Students benefit from a supportive environment where high expectations foster both academic and personal growth. The school's curriculum is designed to prepare students well for their future, and the strong relationships between staff and students enhance the learning experience.

Strengths

• Excellent academic performance across the curriculum.
• Supportive relationships between teachers and students.
• A highly ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Impeccable conduct and mature attitudes of pupils.
• Extensive extracurricular opportunities that enrich student development.
• Strong culture of safeguarding with effective training for staff.

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 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 11.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

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, 1.4% of pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

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 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

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, 7.1% of pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

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 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls received £10,877 and spent £10,553 for each of its 1,384 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,018,000 (£1,458 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Bright Futures Educational Trust, income was £10,531 and spending £10,103 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

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.

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All schools in Altrincham · Trafford local authority: places and applications

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls is part of Bright Futures Educational Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Elmridge Primary School Altrincham
• Lime Tree Primary Academy Sale
• Acre Hall Primary School Manchester
• The Orchards Stretford
• Barton Clough Primary School Manchester
• Stanley Grove Primary Academy Longsight
• Cedar Mount Academy Gorton
• Melland High School Gorton
• Rushbrook Primary Academy Manchester
• Marton Primary Academy and Nursery Blackpool

What is Altrincham Grammar School for Girls's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Altrincham Grammar School for Girls is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Altrincham Grammar School for Girls last inspected by Ofsted?

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Altrincham Grammar School for Girls have?

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls has 1,381 pupils on roll.

What age range does Altrincham Grammar School for Girls cover?

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Altrincham Grammar School for Girls's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 77.8, and 98% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Altrincham Grammar School for Girls?

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls is at Cavendish Road, Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2NL.