Shottery Manor, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9HA
A selective girls grammar school in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, serving ages 11-18 with a sixth form and around 831 pupils on roll.
Stratford Girls' Grammar School
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Stratford Girls' Grammar School, often shortened to SGGS, is a selective girls' grammar school at Shottery Manor on the edge of Stratford-upon-Avon. It educates about 831 students from 11 to 18 and has a distinctive setting: the school is built around the historic Manor while also using modern teaching and co-curricular facilities. SGGS celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 2018, after opening as Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls in 1958.
The school presents itself as a high-performing all-girls environment with a broad, balanced curriculum. In Key Stage 3, pupils study subjects including art, computing, design technology, drama, food technology, French, humanities, music, PE, religious studies and science, with a second language introduced from Year 8 and triple science starting in Year 9. At GCSE, pupils keep English, maths, a language and all three sciences, then choose from arts, humanities and technology subjects.
The sixth form has a confident academic identity without losing the school's pastoral tone. SGGS says it specialises in teaching so students can specialise in learning, and its A-level offer includes sciences, mathematics, further mathematics, psychology, economics, politics, languages, music and theatre studies. The wider school language is caring, supportive and inclusive, with resilience, positivity, respect, extra-curricular opportunities and an active student-leadership culture threaded through the official pages.
Admission to Year 7 is for 120 places and is coordinated through Warwickshire Admissions. For 2027 entry, registration runs from 7 May to 30 June 2026 and the consortium entrance test determines eligibility before the school's oversubscription criteria are applied. The automatic qualifying score and minimum academic standard are set for the entry year rather than fixed in advance. The latest applications record lists 445 applications and 120 offers; published measures add Ofsted Outstanding, +1.07 Progress 8, 100% grade 5+ in English and maths and 38.3% AAB or better at A level.
Latest 2025/26 KS4 measures compared with Warwickshire and England.
Recent published Attainment 8 scores compared with Warwickshire and England.
Latest 2024/25 Year 11 destination mix compared with Warwickshire and England.
Whole-school roll of 853 pupils; 844 had a recorded ethnic group.
Applies to: Applicants claiming priority-circle residence.
Priority-circle residence must be evidenced by 23:59 on 31 December 2026. Warwickshire Admissions also requests two home-address documents in December, with 15 working days to respond; missing the requested evidence makes the application late. A family moving before this cut-off must have the child living at the new address by the deadline and provide the required proof; later moves are considered after National Offer Day.
A 16.936-mile priority circle is used within the oversubscription rules; residence evidence must be valid by 31 December 2026.
Use the official admissions policy for the current priority order and eligibility rules.
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11+ registration opens
7 May 2026
Past11+ registration closes
30 June 2026
PastRegistration closes at 11.59pm.
Test sessions
12 and 13 September 2026
Use the test session allocated after registration.
Results available
16 October 2026
PastResults are available on the Warwickshire Parent Portal.
Secondary application deadline
31 October 2026
PastProof of address deadline
31 December 2026
National Offer Day
1 March 2027
Residence start date
31 December 2026, 23:59
Address evidence deadline
Within fifteen working days of the December address-evidence request
Register for the 11+ test
Registration for the 11+ test must be complete by 11.59pm on 30 June 2026.
Open admissions pageSit the consortium entrance test
The common entrance test takes place in September 2026.
Open stepSubmit the secondary CAF
Name the school on the Common Application Form and submit it on time to the home authority.
Open stepLatest inspection: 28 September 2022
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FAQ
For September 2027 entry, Stratford Girls' Grammar School uses West Midlands Grammar Schools Entrance Test. Check the named test and any alternative or later-stage requirements in the admissions policy.
1. Register for the 11+ test: Registration for the 11+ test must be complete by 11.59pm on 30 June 2026. 2. Sit the consortium entrance test: The common entrance test takes place in September 2026. 3. Submit the secondary CAF: Name the school on the Common Application Form and submit it on time to the home authority.
11+ registration opens: 7 May 2026. 11+ registration closes: 30 June 2026. Test sessions: 12 and 13 September 2026. Results available: 16 October 2026. Secondary application deadline: 31 October 2026. Proof of address deadline: 31 December 2026. National Offer Day: 1 March 2027. Residence start date: 31 December 2026, 23:59. Address evidence deadline: Within fifteen working days of the December address-evidence request
Stratford Girls' Grammar School is currently rated Outstanding following the latest published inspection dated 28 September 2022.
