Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in GloucestershireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 24 February 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 13 October 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry511 applications · 147 places offered · 190 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2025 3.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2024 3.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2023 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2022 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2021 4.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2020 2.5; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.5; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.2; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.2; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2016 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2015 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2014 2.5; 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 | 147 | 511 | 3.5 | 190 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2025 | 148 | 526 | 3.6 | 222 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2024 | 144 | 489 | 3.4 | 190 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2023 | 144 | 375 | 2.6 | 144 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 148 | 378 | 2.6 | 161 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2021 | 146 | 577 | 4.0 | 191 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2020 | 150 | 369 | 2.5 | 162 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 | 148 | 376 | 2.5 | 205 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2018 | 150 | 328 | 2.2 | 152 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 149 | 332 | 2.2 | 176 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 | 128 | 299 | 2.3 | 141 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 | 119 | 314 | 2.6 | 160 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2014 | 120 | 295 | 2.5 | 134 | 1.12 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 154 | 74.8 | 97% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 155 | 72.9 | 94% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 77.0 | 98% | 100% | +0.93 |
| 2022/23 | 154 | 76.4 | 98% | 100% | +1.04 |
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
- Denmark Road High SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.5applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.1 km · Gloucestershire20252.8applications per place 75.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · GloucestershireNot yet inspected3.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Gloucestershire20263.8applications per place 67.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.3 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · GloucestershireOutstanding20245.0applications per place 73.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.1 km · Gloucestershire20263.9applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Gloucestershire20263.2applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · GloucestershireGood20232.5applications per place 44.5Attainment 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
- 136666 · 916/4002
- Trust
- Denmark Road High School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 990 pupils · 1,024 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- High School for Girls (URN 115718)
- Address
- Denmark Road, Gloucester, GL1 3JN
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire · Gloucester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources