Report card · inspected May 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 | 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
- 11 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry564 applications · 149 places offered · 152 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2025 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2024 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2023 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2022 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2021 4.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2020 3.1; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2019 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 3.6; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2017 3.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2016 3.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2015 3.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2014 3.8; 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 | 149 | 564 | 3.8 | 152 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 148 | 461 | 3.1 | 93 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 475 | 3.2 | 138 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 147 | 449 | 3.1 | 166 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 128 | 412 | 3.2 | 128 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 148 | 664 | 4.5 | 119 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 148 | 459 | 3.1 | 181 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 472 | 3.2 | 172 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 | 120 | 431 | 3.6 | 156 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2017 | 120 | 439 | 3.7 | 150 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2016 | 120 | 437 | 3.6 | 189 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2015 | 111 | 425 | 3.8 | 136 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2014 | 114 | 435 | 3.8 | 183 | 1.61 |
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.) | 148 | 67.6 | 91% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 148 | 67.7 | 91% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 151 | 64.8 | 87% | 97% | +0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 123 | 62.6 | 88% | 97% | +0.11 |
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
- Ribston Hall High SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.8applications per place 67.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · GloucestershireOutstanding20245.0applications per place 73.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.6 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Gloucestershire20263.2applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · GloucestershireGood20232.5applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · GloucestershireNot yet inspected3.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Gloucestershire20263.5applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.9 km · GloucestershireStandards maintained20252.1applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Gloucestershire20252.8applications per place 75.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 136767 · 916/5400
- Trust
- Ribston Hall High School Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,000 pupils · 939 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2011
- Replaced
- Ribston Hall High School (URN 115751)
- Address
- Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5LE
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire · Gloucester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources