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Secondary school in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Stratford Upon Avon School

Alcester Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9DH

Sixth form Full
School website 01789268051

Ofsted

Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 21 May 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

48.7 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

47% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

72% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.2 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

29% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.09confidence interval -0.08 to 0.26

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C
Average points per entry
31.3

England average 32.3

A level students
119

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1935
Places
1750
How full
Full — 1935 pupils against 1750 places
Girls / boys
963 / 972
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
26%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
23%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
10%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
14%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
94%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
86%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
48%
No sustained destination
5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
271

After sixth form

Went to university
40%

England 50%

In education, work or training
86%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
7%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
115

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

18% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
67%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
128

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Stratford-on-Avon 011A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
47%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
10%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
75%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
7%

England 17%

Households with no car
10%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
42%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON SCHOOL
Headteacher
Headteacher: Neil Wallace
Local authority
Warwickshire
Ward
Stratford Clopton
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon
URN
137236

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Stratford Girls' Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 80.6 0.3 mi
King Edward VI SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2021 83.3 0.6 mi
Alcester AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 54 6.1 mi
St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 46 6.4 mi
Alcester Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 73.7 6.8 mi
Henley In Arden SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 50.4 6.9 mi
Aylesford School WarwickAcademy converter No grade 39.9 7.3 mi
King's High SchoolOther independent school No grade 8.5 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
The Appleton SchoolAcademy converter No grade 39.6
Graveney SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 63.9
The Magna Carta SchoolAcademy converter No grade 46.7
The Roundhill AcademyAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 45.9
Wyvern CollegeAcademy converter Good 2023 44.8
Lakelands AcademyAcademy converter No grade 43.1
Trinity SchoolFree schools Good 2024 46.7
Isca AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 46.4

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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