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Altrincham Grammar School for Girls vs Urmston Grammar Academy

Both are grammar schools in Trafford, 4.8 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Urmston Grammar Academy
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Girls Mixed
Pupils on roll 1,381 1,137
Free school meals 7.4% 7.3%
Ofsted rating Outstanding Good
Attainment 8 — 2025/26 77.8 75.6
11+ test board GL Assessment GL Assessment
Admission system pass/fail + catchment (passing the test is a gate; living in the catchment area determines priority over score) pass/fail + catchment (passing the test is a gate; living in the catchment area determines priority over score)
Places offered — 202627 209 169
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.34 1.4

Qualifying scores

Altrincham Grammar School for Girls

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 ↗

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 Girls

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children, wherever they live
  2. Girls in the catchment area (8-mile radius) receiving the Pupil Premium
  3. Girls in the catchment area with a sister at the school
  4. Other girls in the catchment area — nearest first
  5. Girls outside the catchment area receiving the Pupil Premium — nearest first
  6. Girls outside the catchment area with a sister at the school — nearest first

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 Girls is a girls 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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