Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected 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 | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 25 November 2021Ungraded 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 entry916 applications · 238 places offered · 292 named it first
- 2026 3.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2025 4.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2024 4.1; Gloucestershire median median 2.2
- 2023 3.9; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2022 3.5; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2021 4.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2020 3.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2019 3.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 3.2; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2017 3.3; Gloucestershire median median 1.9
- 2016 3.0; Gloucestershire median median 2.1
- 2015 2.6; Gloucestershire median median 2.0
- 2014 2.4; 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 | 238 | 916 | 3.9 | 292 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2025 | 240 | 973 | 4.1 | 383 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2024 | 240 | 975 | 4.1 | 345 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2023 | 240 | 924 | 3.9 | 419 | 1.75 |
| Sep 2022 | 247 | 859 | 3.5 | 341 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2021 | 224 | 888 | 4.0 | 274 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2020 | 260 | 868 | 3.3 | 372 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2019 | 261 | 867 | 3.3 | 312 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 227 | 717 | 3.2 | 281 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2017 | 226 | 743 | 3.3 | 286 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 | 227 | 679 | 3.0 | 211 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 228 | 597 | 2.6 | 182 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 228 | 555 | 2.4 | 161 | 0.71 |
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.) | 236 | 53.3 | 60% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 262 | 51.5 | 54% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 237 | 54.3 | 56% | 84% | +0.93 |
| 2022/23 | 230 | 51.6 | 50% | 77% | +0.67 |
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
- Churchdown SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.9applications per place 53.3Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20244.2applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Gloucestershire20252.8applications per place 75.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.5 km · GloucestershireNot yet inspected3.8applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Gloucestershire20263.5applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.2 km · GloucestershireGood20222.8applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · GloucestershireOutstanding20242.1applications per place 82.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.1 km · GloucestershireGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · GloucestershireGood20222.8applications per place 49.6Attainment 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
- 137634 · 916/5409
- Trust
- Churchdown School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,332 pupils · 1,430 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2011
- Replaced
- Churchdown School (URN 115760)
- Address
- Winston Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, GL3 2RB
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire · Tewkesbury
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources