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King Edward VI School vs Stratford Girls' Grammar School

Both are grammar schools in Warwickshire, 0.7 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

King Edward VI School Stratford Girls' Grammar School
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Boys Girls
Pupils on roll 869 831
Free school meals 2.2% 2.3%
Ofsted rating Outstanding Outstanding
Attainment 8 — 2024/25 83.3 80.6
A-level average points — 2024/25 46.35 44.92
11+ test board GL Assessment GL Assessment
Admission system pass/fail then criteria order pass/fail then criteria order
Places offered — 202627 87 120
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 2.54 2.41

Qualifying scores

King Edward VI School

233 (2025 entry)

Automatic Qualifying Score (AQS) = 233. Competitive cutoffs: inner circle (Cat3) = 235, outer circle (Cat4) = 263. 87 offers total: 70 inner, 7 outer.

Council source ↗

Stratford Girls' Grammar School

226 (2025 entry)

Automatic Qualifying Score (AQS) = 226. Competitive cutoff: priority circle (Cat3) = 232. No out-of-area offers (Cat4 = 0). Minimum waiting list score = 224.

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.

King Edward VI School

  1. Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children at/above AQS, or up to 20 marks below it
  2. Up to 13 places: Pupil Premium (Free School Meals) children in the outer priority circle (incl. inner), at/above AQS or
  3. Up to 70 places: children in the inner priority circle at/above AQS
  4. Children in the outer priority circle (incl. inner) at/above AQS

Source: school admissions policy.

Stratford Girls' Grammar School

  1. Looked-After/Previously Looked-After Children at/above AQS, or up to 20 marks below it
  2. Up to 19 places: Pupil Premium (Free School Meals) children in the priority circle, at/above AQS or up to 20 marks below
  3. Children in the priority circle at/above AQS
  4. Children living outside the priority circle at/above AQS

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

King Edward VI School is a boys school and Stratford Girls' Grammar School is a girls 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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