Academy converter · Gloucestershire

Pate's Grammar School

11–18Ages
1,288Pupils
SecondaryPhase
SelectiveGrammar school
Sixth formAges 16–18
136353URN

Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, GL51 0HG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

close to Gloucestershire median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in GloucestershireSelective

300 applications for 146 places · 22nd of 39 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

82.4of 90

Gloucestershire 47.3 England 46.0

1st of 41 in Gloucestershire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 5 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Sixth form provision	Outstanding

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

2.1applications per place, Year 7

close to Gloucestershire median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

300 applications · 146 places offered · 213 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

2026 2.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2025 2.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2024 2.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2023 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2022 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2021 5.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2020 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2019 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2018 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2017 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2016 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2015 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2014 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 1.9

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	146	300	2.1	213	1.46
Sep 2025	146	319	2.2	216	1.48
Sep 2024	145	314	2.2	205	1.41
Sep 2023	150	305	2.0	204	1.36
Sep 2022	148	296	2.0	211	1.43
Sep 2021	147	841	5.7	569	3.87
Sep 2020	148	255	1.7	190	1.28
Sep 2019	147	276	1.9	187	1.27
Sep 2018	148	275	1.9	197	1.33
Sep 2017	144	222	1.5	163	1.13
Sep 2016	146	267	1.8	189	1.29
Sep 2015	118	239	2.0	178	1.51
Sep 2014	120	231	1.9	168	1.40

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

150 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)82.41st of 41 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 47.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths99%2nd of 41 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 48% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths99%

Gloucestershire 67% England 66%

This school
Gloucestershire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.01

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	150	82.4	99%	99%	–
2024/25	151	82.7	99%	100%	–
2023/24	149	83.7	99%	99%	+1.01
2022/23	154	82.5	99%	99%	+0.90

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

Pate's Grammar SchoolThis school
This school

Outstanding2024

2.1applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
0.9 km · Gloucestershire

Some aspects not as strong2024

1.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
2.5 km · Gloucestershire

Good2022

2.8applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
The High School Leckhampton
3.6 km · Gloucestershire

Outstanding2024

5.2applications per place 59.7Attainment 8
Pittville School
3.6 km · Gloucestershire

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
Chosen Hill School
4.3 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2024

4.2applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
Churchdown School
5.1 km · Gloucestershire

2026

3.9applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
Cleeve School
5.7 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
Balcarras School
5.7 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.3applications per place 62.1Attainment 8

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: 136353 · 916/5403
Trust: Pate's Grammar School
Admissions policy: Selective
Capacity: 1,220 pupils · 1,288 on roll
Free school meals: 5.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 December 2010
Replaced: Pate's Grammar School (URN 115754)
Address: Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, GL51 0HG
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Cheltenham

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