Academy converter · Gloucestershire

Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

11–18Ages
1,846Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
136725URN

Warden Hill Road, Cheltenham, GL51 3EF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

0.6 above Gloucestershire median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in GloucestershireSelective

807 applications for 292 places · 15th of 39 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

49.6of 90

Gloucestershire 47.3 England 46.0

16th of 41 in Gloucestershire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		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

0.6 above Gloucestershire median (2.1) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

807 applications · 292 places offered · 276 named it first

2026 2.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2025 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2024 2.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2023 2.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2022 2.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2021 2.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2020 2.2; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2019 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2018 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2017 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2016 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2015 2.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2014 2.7; 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

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	292	807	2.8	276	0.95
Sep 2025	291	748	2.6	247	0.85
Sep 2024	296	741	2.5	270	0.91
Sep 2023	295	614	2.1	270	0.92
Sep 2022	295	639	2.2	247	0.84
Sep 2021	297	616	2.1	223	0.75
Sep 2020	299	655	2.2	302	1.01
Sep 2019	296	686	2.3	273	0.92
Sep 2018	299	597	2.0	228	0.76
Sep 2017	268	602	2.3	244	0.91
Sep 2016	261	673	2.6	256	0.98
Sep 2015	263	706	2.7	310	1.18
Sep 2014	265	713	2.7	313	1.18

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

292 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.616th of 41 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 47.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%22nd of 41 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 48% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%

Gloucestershire 67% England 66%

This school
Gloucestershire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.44

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	292	49.6	47%	71%	–
2024/25	303	48.1	47%	70%	–
2023/24	293	49.2	49%	68%	+0.44
2022/23	286	52.4	55%	77%	+0.52

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

Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form CentreThis school
This school

Good2022

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

Outstanding2024

5.2applications per place 59.7Attainment 8
Pate's Grammar School
2.5 km · Gloucestershire

Outstanding2024

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

Some aspects not as strong2024

1.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
Pittville School
3.7 km · Gloucestershire

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
Balcarras School
3.9 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.3applications per place 62.1Attainment 8
Chosen Hill School
4.2 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2024

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

2026

3.9applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
Henley Bank High School
5.4 km · Gloucestershire

Good2022

2.8applications per place 48.9Attainment 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: 136725 · 916/5418
Trust: Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,958 pupils · 1,846 on roll
Free school meals: 23.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 May 2011
Replaced: Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre (URN 115769)
Address: Warden Hill Road, Cheltenham, GL51 3EF
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Cheltenham

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