Report card · inspected Jun 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 16 June 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 29 March 2022Graded 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 entry324 applications · 111 places offered · 88 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2025 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2024 2.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2023 2.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2022 2.4; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2021 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2020 2.8; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2019 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 3.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2016 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2015 2.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2014 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 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 | 111 | 324 | 2.9 | 88 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 110 | 354 | 3.2 | 103 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 119 | 316 | 2.7 | 104 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 107 | 220 | 2.1 | 72 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2022 | 101 | 238 | 2.4 | 87 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 | 106 | 278 | 2.6 | 91 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 108 | 303 | 2.8 | 101 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 96 | 339 | 3.5 | 108 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 94 | 310 | 3.3 | 108 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 107 | 276 | 2.6 | 99 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 96 | 334 | 3.5 | 108 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 94 | 261 | 2.8 | 75 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 97 | 304 | 3.1 | 113 | 1.16 |
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.) | 99 | 44.0 | 39% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 98 | 42.8 | 32% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 97 | 47.7 | 49% | 69% | −0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 97 | 47.5 | 49% | 68% | +0.18 |
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
- Winchcombe SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · GloucestershireStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · WorcestershireGraded · no overall grade2025
- 10.7 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20254.3applications per place 62.1Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · GloucestershireSome aspects not as strong20241.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 12.0 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 38.4Attainment 8
- 12.2 km · GloucestershireOutstanding20242.1applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 12.7 km · GloucestershireGood20222.8applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136764 · 916/5417
- Trust
- The Balcarras Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 460 pupils · 515 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2011
- Replaced
- Winchcombe School (URN 115768)
- Address
- Greet Road, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, GL54 5LB
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire · Tewkesbury
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources