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Altrincham Grammar School for Boys vs Urmston Grammar Academy

Both are grammar schools in Trafford, 5.1 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Urmston Grammar Academy
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Boys Mixed
Pupils on roll 1,432 1,137
Free school meals 5.7% 7.3%
Ofsted rating Outstanding Good
Attainment 8 — 2025/26 79.1 75.6
11+ test board GL Assessment GL Assessment
Admission system qualifying score is the minimum; places then go in score order (distance only breaks ties) pass/fail + catchment (passing the test is a gate; living in the catchment area determines priority over score)
Places offered — 202627 215 169
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.4 1.4

Qualifying scores

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys

334 (2026 entry)

Trafford Consortium qualifying score: 334 or above (standardised, across the two consortium papers). Reaching 334 is eligibility, not an offer — each school's oversubscription criteria then apply. AGSB 2025 entry: out-of-catchment places required a minimum score of 377 (20 out-of-catchment offers); in-catchment applicants needed only the qualifying 334.

Council source ↗

Urmston Grammar Academy

334 (2026 entry)

Trafford Consortium qualifying score: 334 or above (standardised, across the two consortium papers). Reaching 334 is eligibility, not an offer — each school's oversubscription criteria then apply.

Council source ↗

Who gets priority

Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children scoring 324 or more
  2. Up to 20 Pupil Premium boys living in the priority area and attending a Trafford state primary, scoring 324–333 (all such boys scoring 334+ are also admitted) — in score order
  3. Up to 10 Pupil Premium boys attending a Trafford state primary, scoring 324 or more — in score order
  4. Boys living in the priority area (Trafford addresses in WA13, WA14, WA15, M33, M23) scoring 334 or more — in score order
  5. Boys from outside the priority area scoring 334 or more — in score order

Source: school admissions policy.

Urmston Grammar Academy

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children
  2. About 15 places for the highest-scoring Pupil Premium children (minimum 324), wherever they live
  3. About 20 places for the top scorers, wherever they live
  4. Children of staff with at least eight years' continuous permanent service
  5. Children with a sibling at the school, wherever they live
  6. About 120 places by distance: M41 and M31 postcodes first, nearest first, then everyone else, nearest first

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys is a boys school and Urmston Grammar Academy is a mixed school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.

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