Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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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 | 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
- 3 February 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 21 September 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 entry272 applications · 164 places offered · 152 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2024 1.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2023 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2022 1.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2021 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2016 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2015 1.8; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 164 | 272 | 1.7 | 152 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 162 | 297 | 1.8 | 189 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 163 | 304 | 1.9 | 196 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2023 | 165 | 291 | 1.8 | 175 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 165 | 249 | 1.5 | 141 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 164 | 288 | 1.8 | 155 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 163 | 270 | 1.7 | 161 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 163 | 294 | 1.8 | 177 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2018 | 164 | 334 | 2.0 | 195 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 147 | 303 | 2.1 | 156 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2016 | 145 | 265 | 1.8 | 153 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 | 148 | 260 | 1.8 | 142 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 148 | 240 | 1.6 | 140 | 0.95 |
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.) | 162 | 54.8 | 66% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 168 | 49.1 | 49% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 163 | 50.1 | 50% | 74% | +0.03 |
| 2022/23 | 174 | 50.2 | 54% | 74% | −0.01 |
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
- Farmor's SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 10.7 km · Swindon20262.0applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · SwindonGood20232.9applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 12.6 km · SwindonGood20232.4applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 13.6 km · OxfordshireRequires significant improvement 20261.6applications per place 34.6Attainment 8
- 13.7 km · SwindonStandards maintained20251.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 13.7 km · OxfordshireRemains Good20232.2applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · GloucestershireRemains Good20232.3applications per place 51.4Attainment 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
- 137097 · 916/4513
- Trust
- Farmor's School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,124 pupils · 1,067 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Farmor's School (URN 115728)
- Address
- The Park, Fairford, GL7 4JQ
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire · Cotswold
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources