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Sir Thomas Rich's School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,240Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136306URN

Oakleaze, Gloucester, GL2 0LF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.7 above Gloucestershire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in GloucestershireSelective

424 applications for 150 places · 13th of 39 in Gloucestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
75.2of 90
2nd of 41 in Gloucestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 28 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 December 2025
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 6 October 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Gloucestershire median (2.1) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

424 applications · 150 places offered · 194 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  3. 2024 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 4.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.4; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 3.0; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261504242.81941.29
Sep 20251484513.11961.32
Sep 20241434973.52231.56
Sep 20231484713.22271.53
Sep 20221484563.11981.34
Sep 20211507154.82311.54
Sep 20201503452.31521.01
Sep 20191503592.41741.16
Sep 20181493362.31781.19
Sep 20171193062.61531.29
Sep 20161182712.31191.01
Sep 20151052652.51251.19
Sep 20141083203.01461.35

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

155 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)75.22nd of 41 in Gloucestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths96%5th of 41 in Gloucestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98%
  • This school
  • Gloucestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.91
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15575.296%98%–
2024/2515677.299%100%–
2023/2415976.999%100%+0.91
2022/2315575.399%99%+0.84

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136306 · 916/4001
Trust
Sir Thomas Rich's School
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,150 pupils · 1,240 on roll
Free school meals
6.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2010
Replaced
Sir Thomas Rich's School (URN 115717)
Address
Oakleaze, Gloucester, GL2 0LF
Local authority
Gloucestershire · Gloucester

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources