Academy converter · Gloucestershire

Cleeve School

11–18Ages
1,903Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
136772URN

Two Hedges Road, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, GL52 8AE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

0.2 below Gloucestershire median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in GloucestershireSelective

591 applications for 304 places · 25th of 39 in Gloucestershire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

49.4of 90

Gloucestershire 47.3 England 46.0

17th of 41 in Gloucestershire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 14 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
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

1.9applications per place, Year 7

0.2 below Gloucestershire median (2.1) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

591 applications · 304 places offered · 312 named it first

2026 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2025 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2024 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
2023 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2022 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2021 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2020 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2019 1.6; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2018 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2017 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
2016 2.3; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
2015 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
2014 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9

More applications per place than the Gloucestershire median in 1 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	304	591	1.9	312	1.03
Sep 2025	306	615	2.0	332	1.08
Sep 2024	305	585	1.9	274	0.90
Sep 2023	303	541	1.8	306	1.01
Sep 2022	291	508	1.8	262	0.90
Sep 2021	304	494	1.6	219	0.72
Sep 2020	302	440	1.5	218	0.72
Sep 2019	300	483	1.6	213	0.71
Sep 2018	253	419	1.7	185	0.73
Sep 2017	242	460	1.9	213	0.88
Sep 2016	239	537	2.3	233	0.97
Sep 2015	245	454	1.9	208	0.85
Sep 2014	237	413	1.7	224	0.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

290 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.417th of 41 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 47.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%15th of 41 in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire 48% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%

Gloucestershire 67% England 66%

This school
Gloucestershire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.22

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	290	49.4	54%	74%	–
2024/25	277	49.9	53%	70%	–
2023/24	261	50.6	56%	74%	+0.22
2022/23	231	49.1	50%	73%	+0.17

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

Cleeve SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
Pittville School
3.4 km · Gloucestershire

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
4.8 km · Gloucestershire

Some aspects not as strong2024

1.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
Pate's Grammar School
5.7 km · Gloucestershire

Outstanding2024

2.1applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
Winchcombe School
6.7 km · Gloucestershire

2026

2.9applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
Balcarras School
6.7 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.3applications per place 62.1Attainment 8
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
6.8 km · Gloucestershire

Good2022

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

Outstanding2024

5.2applications per place 59.7Attainment 8
Tewkesbury Academy
8.0 km · Gloucestershire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.2applications per place 38.4Attainment 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: 136772 · 916/4024
Trust: Cleeve School
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,575 pupils · 1,903 on roll
Free school meals: 21.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 June 2011
Replaced: Cleeve School (URN 115722)
Address: Two Hedges Road, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, GL52 8AE
Local authority: Gloucestershire · Tewkesbury

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